Transitional Deacon Warren Tanghe’s path to the Catholic priesthood may have been long and winding, but the former Anglican priest will be open to all the gifts of the holy spirit as he is ordained June 24 at 6 p.m. in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary...Read More

As expected, President Obama has begun his campaign to promote abortion from the White House. Instead of simply reacting angrily, prolifers need to breathe deeply and think seriously about what’s going on and what’s likely to happen next.Read More

Father Patrick Besel, 41 St. Mary of the Assumption, Govans After more than two years serving as associate vocation director and director of the Cardinal Keeler House of Discernment in Baltimore, Father Patrick Besel will take up his first pastorate at St. Mary of the Assumption in Govans. Ordained in 2006, Father Besel is a...Read More

WASHINGTON – A speaker urged the presidents of Catholic colleges gathered in Washington Jan. 31-Feb.2 to market the Catholic identity of their institutions to compete in a bad economy.Read More

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Taking on the issue of physician-assisted suicide in the state where voters most recently approved it, the U.S. bishops declared suicide “a terrible tragedy, one that a compassionate society should work to prevent.”Read More

VATICAN CITY – Granting marriage annulments too easily and without real cause plays into a modern form of pessimism that basically says human beings are not able to make lifelong commitments to loving another person, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

Appreciation for the building’s namesake continues to grow at Charles R. Uncles Senior Plaza.Read More

Kicking off Catholic Schools Week in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien encouraged St. Maria Goretti High School and eighth-graders from St. Mary School to not be afraid “to take a strong stand,” in their daily lives.Read More