(CR photo illustration/April Hornbeck) When terrorists attacked the United States 10 years ago this September, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was in Washington with 60 military chaplains. The archbishop, then the head of the Archdiocese for U.S. Military Services, witnessed calls pour in from military commanders looking for their chaplains to minister to those in need....Read More

The Baltimore Archdiocesan Holy Name Union celebrated its 58th annual baseball night with the Baltimore Orioles Aug. 5 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Nearly 200 Holy Name members and their families were in attendance.Read More

WASHINGTON – From the Carolinas up the Atlantic Coast into Canada, the trail of Hurricane Irene was one of dramatic floods, wind damage and other disruptions.Read More

Father Michael Triplett circled back to being “duped,” a theme of Jeremiah 20:7-9, the first reading, at the end of noon Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Essex Aug. 28.Read More

A new school-voucher program in Indiana is prompting a spike in enrollment among Catholic schools that were once on the verge of closing. Bloomberg Businessweek has the scoop: Under a law signed in May by Gov. Mitch Daniels, more than 3,200 Indiana students are receiving vouchers to attend private schools. That number is expected to...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, a former U.S. Army chaplain and former head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, certainly can come across as a no-nonsense, “get to the point,” efficient sort of gentleman. But as my coworker George Matysek pointed out in a recent blog, the priest of 46 years also has a humorous...Read More

Netherlands priest Father Roderick Vonhögen has gained international acclaim for his podcasting and social media approach. If you want to hear from a priest who “gets it,” this is it. Check out this small sample of audio I recorded for The Catholic Review from his presentation during a panel at World Youth Day in Madrid.Read More

Bishop Denis J. Madden (second from right) joins archdiocesan leaders at an Aug. 29 press conference highlighting Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien's appointment to a Vatican office. (CR Photo/Bill McAllen) Bishop Denis J. Madden knows something about the Holy Land. From 1994-1996, Bishop Madden was the Director of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine office in Jerusalem...Read More