A Vatican apostolic visitation team has concluded that U.S. seminaries are experiencing a greater sense of stability since the 1990s, but recommended increased attention to the formation of priests and greater involvement of diocesan bishops.Read More

MEXICO CITY – Senior Catholic leaders participating in the Sixth World Meeting of Families expressed optimism that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama would usher in more favorable immigration policies that include putting an end to the workplace raids that often separate parents from their children.Read More

It has been nearly two months since I last wrote about the urgent problems facing Catholic schools in our Archdiocese. In my November 27 The Catholic Review column, I shared some of the critical challenges that now threaten the sustainability of many of our schools, including:Read More

The lights of Christmas have pretty much disappeared by now. But I want to thank all of you who decorated. Whether it was a single candle in a window in an elegant home in Homeland, or a light display worthy of Disney World, such as the house on Gittings Avenue, it all made a difference.Read More

WASHINGTON – All Americans can see in the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama as the nation’s first African-American president an indication of the country’s “historic, proud, but not always realized, boast to be a land where all are equal,” Washington’s archbishop said Jan. 18.Read More

WASHINGTON – The United States’ multiple religious traditions are “a strength, not a weakness,” said President Barack Obama Jan. 20 in his inaugural address.Read More

They set out from Emmitsburg before dawn to catch a train to watch history as it happened.Read More

Beth Kennedy and Mary Rose Malooly, Cadette Girl Scouts in Towson Troop 4441 and freshmen at Brooklandville’s Maryvale Preparatory School, have earned the Girl Scout Silver Award with their project “Healthy Active Lifestyles.”Read More