HAGERSTOWN – In his first visit to Hagerstown since his Oct. 1 installation, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien celebrated Mass with the parishioners of St. Ann and encouraged them to support this year’s Archbishop’s Lenten Appeal.Read More

Christopher Gunty wrote an excellent editorial “Super ad meets super hypocrisy Sunday” (CR, Feb. 4), but must correct something he wrote in the last sentence.Read More

In this Year of the Priest, it was touching to see a number of priests recently honored with the title of Monsignor. All are honorable men worthy of the honors.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Calling St. Augustine “one of the greatest converts in Christian history,” Pope Benedict XVI said the writings of the North African bishop have had a huge influence on his life as a priest and theologian.Read More

WASHINGTON – The long-held tradition of St. Patrick’s Day parades has experienced a bump in the road this year with the saint’s feast day occurring during an unusually early Holy Week.Read More

It was something I had done literally thousands of times before. I was purifying the sacred vessels at Mass, carefully wiping the crumbs of the Eucharistic Bread, the Body of Christ, into the chalice. It happened to be the Feast of the Epiphany. This was the day we celebrated the Wise Men following the star...Read More

WILMINGTON, Del. - When Melissa Stam received a text message from a friend Jan. 12 telling her about the earthquake that hit Haiti, all she could do was cry.Read More

WASHINGTON – During nearly 50 years of rule, Fidel Castro had an often-stormy relationship with the Cuban Catholic Church. The Jesuit-educated Castro was equally comfortable defusing the Cuban church as an institutional force during the early years of his revolution in the 1960s as he was bantering casually with Pope John Paul II during the...Read More