WASHINGTON – With all that President-elect Barack Obama has facing his new administration regarding the economy, a coalition of religious, human rights and labor advocates hopes that one concern won’t be relegated to the bottom of the list: debt relief for the world’s poorest countries.Read More

Father Matthew Buening, associate pastor of Immaculate Conception in Towson, just happened to be wearing his Cal Ripken Jr. jersey on the day it was announced the baseball star would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and Father Buening felt it was a sign. Father Buening and Wendt Touring have created a Catholic...Read More

The Ray Mullis Gymnasium on the campus of Cardinal Gibbons School was filled from noon until five p.m. Dec. 21, when the Crusaders hosted arch-rival Mount St. Joseph in a basketball triple-header.Read More

NEW CASTLE, Ind. – Five weeks after fire destroyed historic St. Anne Church in New Castle during the early morning hours of Holy Saturday, Henry County authorities arrested William L. Abbott, 33, of New Castle on felony charges of arson, burglary and theft. County prosecutor Kit Crane said Abbott was arrested May 10 and charged...Read More

ROME – The Vatican is concerned about President-elect Barack Obama’s positions on the family and on the unborn, but it looks forward with hope to his presidency fostering more attention to the poor and easing violence around the globe, said retired Cardinal Pio Laghi.Read More

Cardinal William H. Keeler will ordain nine permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Baltimore May 19 in a 10 a.m. ceremony at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland. The men completed four years of extensive study and were required to take courses in theology, leadership and spirituality with the Church Leadership Institute, followed by...Read More

On New Year’s Eve, 1862, blacks waited anxiously, watching the clock and hoping the Emancipation Proclamation would, in fact, take effect at midnight.Read More

In the past 23 years, Bel Air resident Sean P. Tully experienced the deaths of both his father and a brother and noticed some people were more comfortable than others when dealing him during his initial time of mourning. In the days of viewings, prayer vigils and the eventual funeral and interment services, the 41-year-old...Read More