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The letter headlined “Don’t glorify death and dismemberment” (CR, May 31) treats as a freebie the price paid to free the slaves in the Civil War, the cost in personnel and material to defeat the Axis in WWII, and the effort which drove the Soviet Union to bankruptcy and defeat in the Cold War.

Readers respond to Patrick Clancy’s letter on the military.

Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl celebrates the 350th anniversary of a historic St. Mary’s County church.

Francis X. Ryan, a certified public accountant with Baltimore ties, was recently elected to serve on an ethics committee in Lebanon, Pa.

Monsignor James V. Hobbs, a former rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, died June 10. He was 81.

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori highlights three main points in his discussion of religious liberty at the Spring General Assembly in Atlanta June 13.

 Our sons are lucky to have two aunts who are librarians—and one of them is a children’s librarian. Somehow the latest and greatest books always find their way into our boys’ hands. When Leo says, “Mama, we haven’t read The King’s Stilts in a while,” or when Daniel wants more

  About a year ago, I wrote a story for the Catholic Review about Mark Viviano and his brother, Tony, who was was on a path to becoming a priest. You can read that story hereFor those of you who don’t know, Mark is the sports director and anchor of WJZ-13,

A few weeks ago Leo got an invitation to a friend’s birthday at a store where you make your own stuffed animal. There were a few long weeks, but finally, finally, finally it was the day of the party.While his preschool classmates picked rainbow bears and rabbits and dogs, Leo