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A funeral Mass for Brother Andrew DiNoto, F.S.C., was offered April 9 at St. Ursula, Parkville. Brother Andrew died April 5. He would have been 98 years old April 25.

A couple of weeks ago I was pleased to join in honoring Judge Frank E. Cicone, Former Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Baltimore County, in a surprise celebration of his 50th anniversary of joining the Maryland Bar. I had known little of him except of the wide respect in which he has been held in the local legal community all these years. I did manage a number of conversations with professionals in the local justice community, however, and the overriding praiseworthy quality that was attributed to him was “civility.” Effective, objective and thorough has he been all these years, I was told, but the hundreds who gathered to surprise him that evening were there because of his unwavering “civility” – his treatment of all who stood before him with respect and dignity.

Pope Benedict XVI’s revised prayer for the Jews for use in the Tridentine-rite Good Friday liturgy does not indicate any form of stepping back from the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Vatican said.

MADISON, Wis. – Although a Wisconsin judge upheld the official reprimand of a Catholic pharmacist who refused to dispense a contraceptive drug to a college student or transfer the prescription to another pharmacy, debate on the issue of conscience rights was continuing in the state.

As basketball teams are wrapping up their seasons and the high school academic year is more than half over, it could only mean one thing: The Mount St. Joseph, Irvington, baseball season is finally underway.

As the United States prepares for its first papal visit in nine years, members of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are busy planning their own involvement for Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Washington, D.C., and New York April 15-20.

Alexandra Krall, a student at School of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, won first place in the annual prayer card contest.

CAMDEN, N.J. – Bishop Joseph A. Galante of Camden announced a reconfiguration plan April 3 that will reduce the number of parishes in the diocese from the current 124 to 66 over the next two years.