Saying he has been “warmly embraced” by the St. Maria Goretti High School community in Hagerstown, Richard Fairley is looking forward to getting to know the students, teachers and staff of the 230-student school.
Saying he has been “warmly embraced” by the St. Maria Goretti High School community in Hagerstown, Richard Fairley is looking forward to getting to know the students, teachers and staff of the 230-student school.

WASHINGTON – The Family Research Council released results of a commissioned national poll July 10 that indicates 58 percent of probable voters in the 2008 presidential election are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports traditional marriage protection amendments that will be on the ballots in California, Arizona and Florida this November.
The Catholic Review The cover photo of last week’s Catholic Review captured so well both the Pallium Mass itself as well as the emotions it evoked! After much prayer and anticipation, the moment captured in the photograph provided emotional spiritual crescendo for me and, I hope, for the many pilgrims who journeyed to Rome. Now, […]
Following the 12:15 p.m. Mass on Sunday, July 13, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will bless the new Spiritual Center at St. Ursula’s Catholic Church in Parkville. The Center, funded by parishioner donations, consists of a kitchen and three conference rooms which can be converted to form one large space. In addition to […]
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has been enormously blessed by the priestly and episcopal ministry of Bishop Fran Malooly. His long service and friendly demeanor have endeared him to so many in our Archdiocese, especially the faithful of the Western Vicariate. News of his appointment to the See of Wilmington leaves us all with mixed […]
Pope Benedict XVI today named Bishop W. Francis Malooly, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, 64, as the ninth Bishop of Wilmington. He will succeed Bishop Michael Saltarelli, who has served as Wilmington’s 8th archbishop since 1995. Bishop Saltarelli offered his resignation to the Holy Father upon reaching the age of 75, in accordance with canon law. […]

Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, was named bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, Del., July 7 by Pope Benedict XVI. He will be formally installed in a Sept. 8 ceremony.

Bishop W. Francis Malooly was named bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington today by Pope Benedict XVI.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Zimbabweans are in widespread despair as the country’s longtime ruler Robert Mugabe was sworn in as president for a sixth term, a Catholic Church official said.
SYDNEY, Australia – The chief organizer of World Youth Day in Sydney has denied media reports that the church had asked the New South Wales government to expand police powers in order to limit protesters during World Youth Day.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – For the past few years the Franciscan friars and sisters in Syracuse have been conducting peace vigils to remind people in the community there is an alternative to violence.

JERUSALEM – Violent acts focus priests back on the need to pray for peace, a Jesuit priest said following an apparent terrorist attack in Jerusalem.
