It’s summer in the city, and if past summers – and the past couple of weeks – are any indication, the season that for many means relaxing by the pool and vacationing down the ocean will not be like that for some of our brothers and sisters. Instead, June, July and August will be marred...Read More

I just wanted to tell the Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien how grateful I am that we have him here. I think he is such a positive, strong influence for our church right now. I was just thinking how fortunate we are to have leaders like our current pope and our archbishop. They are both warm...Read More

When Oak Crest commemorated National Volunteer Appreciation Week recently with an award ceremony for the Parkville retirement community’s volunteers, Deacon Harry O’Neill didn’t want to attend.Read More

ATLANTA – Seventy years of history ended at Cantonment Chapel as Father Fred Wendel closed the front door of the small, white Catholic chapel at Fort McPherson.Read More

The following is printed with the permission of Karen Terry, Professor and Associate Provost of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and principal investigator and co-author of the Causes and Context report on clergy sexual abuse, at the request of Archbishop O’Brien, whose column will appear occasionally during the summer months.Read More

After re-reviewing your four-part series on “Growing Up Millennial,” I can just report that my overwhelming emotion is one of hope. The next generations are seeking somewhere to belong and something in which to believe. For two millennia, the church has been able to respond to new cultures and the changes of time while remaining...Read More

LONDON – Twenty-five ethicists and lawyers from 11 European countries have stated their support for a proposed ban on patenting technologies derived from experiments on human embryos.Read More

Sulpician Father Thomas R. Hurst, president-rector of St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park, has announced Dr. Michael Gorman will step down at the end of the 2011–2012 academic year after more than 18 years in the Dean’s office of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology.Read More