BALTIMORE – Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler July 12 and named Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of the Archdiocese for the Military Services to succeed him.Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – In front of a national cathedral that lay in rubble, Catholic leaders marked the anniversary of Haiti’s deadly earthquake by praying for its victims and calling for reconstruction of this tattered Caribbean country.Read More

Cardinal William H. Keeler introduced the newly appointed archbishop of Baltimore during a July 12 press conference at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore. Earlier in the morning, the Vatican announced the Archdiocese of Baltimore has its 15th leader as Pope Benedict XVI named military Archbishop...Read More

TUCSON, Ariz. – With flags nationwide flying at half-staff and people pausing for a moment of silence Jan. 10, the victims of the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson were being remembered for their warmth and goodness, some for their sense of public service, and several for their involvement in their churches.Read More

Sister Barbara Furst, O.S.F., (formerly Sister Robert Catherine), a native of Baltimore, was awarded the Nostrum Ecclesiam Tempus Award, July 1, by the diocese of Trenton.Read More

EMMITSBURG – At a time when some seminaries are struggling, Mount St. Mary’s University Seminary in Emmitsburg is booming.Read More

As 8-year-old Darrell Truesdale scampers down the corridors of St. Frances Academy in Baltimore on a recent summer morning, the inner-city youth prepares for a lesson about Mahatma Gandhi, the slain political and spiritual leader of India who advocated nonviolent solutions. The session is part of a forceful curriculum at the school’s summer-long Peace Camp,...Read More

Seeing the anniversary date of the death of the former Archbishop of Baltimore, Francis Patrick Keough (Dec. 8, 1961), I prayed for his dear soul. While still a child, I met the archbishop’s mother, and then many years later, met the Archbishop upon his arrival in Baltimore. Both were happy memories. My grandmother, Mary Griffin,...Read More