DUBLIN, Ireland – An English Jesuit who left his order to become a diocesan priest in Northern Ireland has been honored by England’s Queen Elizabeth II for his services to a community wrought by sectarian violence.Read More
The past week has been a difficult one for everyone who supports Catholic education in our Archdiocese, most especially those people with ties to Immaculate Conception Church and Towson Catholic High School.Read More
You have to know where to look to see the poor in southern Anne Arundel County, an area better known for rolling horse farms and Washington ex-urbanites.Read More
WASHINGTON – Mother Mary Quentin Sheridan, superior general of the Religious Sisters of Mercy in Michigan, said she sees nothing wrong with the Vatican checking in on women’s religious communities in the United States.Read More
Dooriya Kane, Elizabeth Lelonek and Grace Kane collected and delivered more than 1,000 books for Sarah’s Hope Shelter and Resource Center. The Girl Scouts are candidates for the Girl Scouts of the United States of America’s “I Live My Faith” religious award, and collecting books was part of their project. Troops from the Perry Hall...Read More
ROME – A Vatican-ordered apostolic visitation of the Legionaries of Christ and their institutions will begin July 15, and the papal delegates carrying out the investigations will include U.S. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver.Read More
I read with interest the debate on school sports during the holidays and on Sundays (CR, Dec. 13). It is God who gives us the power to win, not incessant practices. With one exception, the Ravens have had a losing season (they didn’t look too good in the games they won). Before the Patriots game...Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI asked leaders of the world’s wealthiest countries to “listen to the voice of Africa” and poor countries during their summit in Italy.Read More
WASHINGTON – There is a growing “religion gap” between older Americans and those under 30, according to a new Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends survey.Read More
Maybe it’s a bike that was outgrown, maybe it was owned by someone who didn’t have the inclination to put the chain back on, maybe it needed a part.Read More
Father Isaac Karoor laughed when asked what he thought about his upcoming retirement. He called to mind a favorite saying from his native India: “The best time to get out of the choir is when you can still sing.”Read More