WILMINGTON, Del. – When Keith Swayne was about to be released from the Delaware Correctional Center near Smyrna three years ago, he faced a bleak future.Read More

PITTSBURGH – Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh was among those who testified on behalf of Pennsylvania’s proposed Marriage Protection Amendment at a hearing April 10 at the Allegheny County Courthouse.Read More

BLACKSBURG, Va. – By noon on April 16, 2007, Bryan Schamus, a member of the Newman Community at Virginia Tech, knew that at least 22 people had been killed on campus. He quickly gathered with other student leaders of the university’s Catholic campus ministry to figure out how to respond to the tragedy, which would...Read More

WASHINGTON – Despite the support of a U.S. cardinal and its own initial approval, the House Energy and Commerce Committee July 30 rejected an amendment to a House health care reform bill that would have prohibited any mandated abortion coverage, except in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening danger to the mother.Read More

WASHINGTON - The Rev. Drew Nettinga opened a prayer breakfast July 28 at the U.S. Capitol with a reminder to Congress that he and other people of faith will be vigilant and persistent on the issue of health care reform.Read More

LIBERTYTOWN – As workers installed ceiling lights, prepared walls for a coat of paint and erected a sanctuary platform on what was a bustling construction site April 10, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien got a sneak peek of the new St. Peter the Apostle Church now rising in Libertytown.Read More

It only took one inning of offense to notch another MIAA A Conference win for the Calvert Hall College High School Cardinals baseball team, which trounced Loyola Blakefield 9-0 on April 7 on the Cards’ new home field.Read More

For many years Immaculate Conception parish was the center of my life. In the fall of 1952, Mrs. Tinder, an excellent teacher and mother of Monsignor Tinder, became the first layperson on the grammar school faculty. My two sisters are graduates of Towson Catholic High School.Read More