Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien pledged the support of the Catholic Church in preventing youth violence during a March 23 press conference with Baltimore Mayor Shelia Dixon kicking off Youth Violence Prevention Week.Read More

The myth is, of course, that we are glad it’s over for a while. We can’t let our friends realize that we really do enjoy it, including learning the subject matter for itself alone. We tell ourselves that all this is necessary for a job or a career; but deep down we love it.Read More

The poet W.B. Yeats spoke of a fellow Irishman: “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”Read More

Zina Smith couldn’t stop shaking her head.Read More

Recent letters to the editor discussed the goal of making Catholic schools “affordable and accessible” to non-Catholics. Donald Reitz (CR, March 12) raises several issues. Is it prejudicial to deny non-Catholics access to Catholic schools? Of course, it is – otherwise public taxes would be used to fund Catholic schools and they would be called...Read More

VATICAN CITY – This summer’s once-a-decade Lambeth Conference marks a potentially defining moment for the worldwide Anglican Communion and a time of reckoning for ecumenical dialogue.Read More

Whether rich or poor, young or old, famous or unknown, recovering substance abusers spent the last few weeks crowding the dining room of Father Martin’s Ashley treatment center in Havre de Grace.Read More

Alison Medlyn’s alarm clock sounded at 3:45 a.m. June 5. While her classmates were tucked away in their warm beds, the rising senior at Maryvale Preparatory School in Brooklandville was up and out the door, on her way to the Baltimore Rowing Club for a pre-dawn practice.Read More