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I’m a little wistful today, as I watch media coverage of the final launch of the space program. As a college journalist, I covered the very first shuttle launch, STS-1, April 12, 1981. STS-1, Columbia, clears the tower at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, April 12, 1981. Photo © 1981 Christopher Gunty I had followed […]

On Sept. 17, 2002, I ignored the request that media not attend the funeral of John Unitas, tucked a note pad into my blazer and entered a pew in the back of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. I’m not sure if it was during a reading or one of the many spoken tributes to the great Baltimore […]

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was married a few weeks ago to his high school sweetheart, Dana. Turns out it was at New Jersey’s Church of the Holy Saviour. It also looks like Ozzie Newsome should sign Dana to solve some center-QB exchange issues. Check out these photos from his wedding photographer!

VATICAN CITY – The ordinations of 20 new priests for the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X are “illegitimate, period,” said the Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi.

MEXICO CITY – A Catholic priest died of his injuries July 2, shortly after being caught in the crossfire of a shootout between drug cartel gunmen and the military in the border city of Matamoros.

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Hollywood doesn’t think much of the Millennial Generation. Well, it’s not necessarily all of Hollywood, just some screenwriters who put words in the mouths of actors. Still, it’s got me thinking especially after seeing Transformers: Dark of the Moon during July 4 weekend. I headed out to the theater to watch robots demolish one another […]

The AP has an exclusive on a woman who believes she was healed through the intercession of Pope Pius XII.  Could it be the miracle that leads to the beatification of the World War II-era pope?  One American papal biographer thinks so. Blessed Pius XII? Maria Esposito was ready to give up. Wasted away at […]

In anticipation of a possible referendum to overturn a Maryland law allowing in-state college tuition undocumented immigrants, an interdiocesan taskforce has been established to educate Catholics on the issue.