When James P. O’Conor Jr. was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and it became clear that treatment would not be successful, his younger brother took solace in the fact that James was able to spend his final days at Stella Maris.Read More

Persistent pockets of poverty amid the wealth of Anne Arundel County will be the focus of a 7 p.m. town hall meeting Oct. 27 at St. Bernadette, Severn.Read More

If there’s one big mistake Zhanna Goltser sees students make when picking college loans, it’s turning to private lenders over the federal government.Read More

The stock market is ebbing and flowing, banks are seeking bailouts and businesses across the country are struggling.Read More

The recent U.S. Religious Landscape Survey conducted by the Pew Research Center reaffirms findings that have been known in Hispanic/Latino ministry circles for a long time. Namely, Hispanics/Latinos are responsible for most of the growth of the Catholic Church in the United States (71 percent since 1960). This pattern will continue for decades to come...Read More

I’m not surprised as I see and hear and read about much of the criticism aimed at the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.Read More

WASHINGTON – As the presidential election campaign was drawing to a close, some U.S. bishops urged Catholics not to base their votes on one issue alone, while others said no combination of issues could trump a candidate’s stand on what Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan called the “premier civil rights issue of our day” –...Read More

ROME – Someone at the Synod of Bishops on the Bible suggested that Pope Benedict XVI start his own blog, and a blogging U.S. bishop thinks it’s a good idea.Read More