As two lines of Knights of Columbus Honor Guard members stood at attention, the body of Archbishop William D. Borders, the 13th spiritual shepherd of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, arrived at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland April 22.Read More

St. Matthew the Apostle was a Roman tax collector, a job considered to be working with the enemy by people who had to pay the taxes. When people were surprised to find Jesus with the “traitor,” Jesus said he had come to call the sinners. St. Matthew wrote his Gospel to convince the Jews that...Read More

St. Charles Borromeo was born to a noble family Oct. 2, 1538, in Italy. He joined the religious life Oct. 13, 1547. He became a civil and canon lawyer when he was 21 years old. At age 22, he was made a cardinal in 1560. He served the church in a number of ways, including...Read More

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican bishops’ conference acknowledged that priests have suffered threats of violence, kidnapping and extortion from Mexico’s narcotics-trafficking cartels.Read More

A Native American proverb says, “We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” As we approach the 40th anniversary of Earth Day next week, those are wise words.Read More

This year’s holy season of Lent offered us a chance to journey on an Inter-Church Spiritual and Cultural Lenten Pilgrimage. Our four sacred journey stops were St. Matthew, St. Ann, St. Edward and New All Saints. The spiritual part of our journey began with praying the Stations of the Cross. Each sacred place offered a...Read More

WASHINGTON – Leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voiced concern for victims of clergy sexual abuse while offering praise for Pope Benedict XVI’s long-standing leadership in dealing with abuse cases.Read More

MEXICO CITY – A spokesman for the Diocese of Ciudad Juarez welcomed plans by the Mexican and U.S. governments to focus more on social and economic problems in Mexico, instead of just military and law enforcement crackdowns on the rampant violence attributed to narcotics-trafficking cartels.Read More