RANCHI, India – A group of tribal people in India has burned effigies of Ranchi Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, holding him responsible for a Protestant Bible they say insults their indigenous religion.
RANCHI, India – A group of tribal people in India has burned effigies of Ranchi Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, holding him responsible for a Protestant Bible they say insults their indigenous religion.

Some of them hadn’t sung their school song in half a century, but as soon as a few sopranos led the way, 115 graduates of Villa Regina Academy in Baltimore flooded a Fallston home with a joyful rendition of “Hail, Regina, Hail” Sept. 20.

Sulpicians from across the East Coast converged on St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park Sept. 19 to celebrate the 400th birthday of Father Jean-Jacques Olier, a French priest who founded the Society of St. Sulpice and is credited with developing the modern seminary education system.
The Catholic Review This wasn’t the column I had planned – I changed my mind on Sunday, and I hope it doesn’t get me run out of town. I resisted several invitations to see the Yankees play the Orioles this past Sunday in the final game at the “House that Ruth Built” – obligations here, […]
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI urged international leaders to tackle global poverty “with courage” when they meet at the United Nations to verify implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.
“Former City Councilman Kenneth Harris’s death is a tragedy and the love and prayers of the entire Catholic community in Baltimore are with his family and all of Baltimore today. Ironically, it was the very issue that Councilman Harris fought so hard against—crime in our beloved City—that will forever be linked to his legacy in […]
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, of Baltimore, announced today that the Archdiocese plans to adjust its current structure of three vicariates to reflect the likelihood that former Western Vicar Bishop W. Francis Malooly, now Bishop of Wilmington, will not be replaced. The new structure would go into effect October 1 and would be comprised of two […]
The Church of the Good Shepherd in Glen Burnie will honor long-time Father John L. Kelly Sept. 21 with a farewell picnic. Father Kelly will say his final Mass at the parish at 11:30 a.m. and the celebratory picnic will follow in the back of the church.
VATICAN CITY – In a message to the United Nations, Pope Benedict XVI called for stronger efforts to guarantee economic justice around the globe.

MEXICO CITY – Independence Day festivities turned violent in the state of Michoacan as three grenades were tossed during the governor’s annual performance of the “grito,” a popular re-enactment of Father Miguel Hidalgo Costilla’s call for independence.
The Catholic Review The toll our sluggish national economy has taken on the average American family is reported nearly every day by the news media and is evident in almost every aspect of our daily lives. It seems like everything costs more these days from groceries to gasoline to the electric bill. For many people, […]
With autumn just around the corner, many are planting mums and asters, replacing impatiens and petunias with pansies and cabbages, feeding trees and shrubs, and cleaning up garden beds.
