Pope Francis and the patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch expressed their desire to work toward full communion of the two churches. The pope met with Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II at the Vatican June 19. The patriarch expressed his church's readiness to come to an agreement to celebrate Easter on a common date.Read More
Harold was a kind and gentle soul, a man of deep Catholic faith and of great integrity. He rarely said a bad word about anyone. In fact, at my dad’s wake, my cousin mentioned that he considered working for a man my father knew. When my dad said simply, “Watch out for that guy,” my...Read More
When Marvel Comics transformed Thor, one of their most popular and masculine heroes, into a female character, the response was swift and hostile.Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has joined an effort of reaching out to the disenfranchised, pledging $100,000 toward Baltimore’s summer jobs program.Read More
Growing old gratefully is what poet Robert Browning had in mind when he opened his poem "Rabbi Ben Ezra" with these words: "Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be. The last of life for which the first was made. Our times are in His hand. Who saith 'A whole I planned,...Read More
Archbishop William E. Lori will ordain four men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Baltimore during a 10 a.m. Mass June 20 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.Read More