Several years ago, when I was Archbishop for the Military Archdiocese, I experienced an unexpected, but very memorable, encounter during a long midnight layover in Anchorage on a pastoral visit to our bases in the Far East.Read More

The moment I uttered the words I knew they sounded silly: “What do you get the girl who has everything?”Read More

Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, is reminding Catholics in the Archdiocese that Church law excuses them from fulfilling the Sunday obligation to attend Mass due to a "grave cause," such as unsafe travel due to severe weather conditions.Read More

At the papal Mass in Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., the most unique moments for me were when the Holy Father bent down and kissed the babe a mother had in her arms as she received Holy Communion; I was also deeply touched when the Holy Father got up from his seat and went to...Read More

WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush said his concern about the growing loss of urban Catholic schools was a prime reason he was convening a summit on inner-city and faith-based schools the week of April 21.Read More

There was one family from Mount Savage that was skipped over in the Your Parish profile of St. Patrick (CR, Nov. 19). That family of John and Ellen (Daley) Mattingly had 11 children, four of whom became religious, two Notre Dames, one Sister of Charity and one Redemptorist priest. They also have a nephew who...Read More

A very holy Irish Priest once said: “If you want to know what the church believes, watch how the church prays.” Yes, the Bible, creeds and catechisms are important. They give us intellectual concepts about God. They are the fingers that point toward God.Read More

NEW YORK – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks at the ecumenical prayer service at St. Joseph’s Church in New York April 18.Read More