PHILADELPHIA – Continuing his response to the clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, Cardinal Justin Rigali placed 21 priests on administrative leave from their clerical assignments March 7.Read More

CUMBERLAND – Most Friday evenings in Lent, Pat Jones can be found at his home parish, St. Michael in Frostburg, helping at its fish fry.Read More

How can something so good become so twisted by both the Supreme Court of the United States and members of a Christian church?Read More

Last week, we looked at the basic “wants” that keep us tied to the world – wanting approval, wanting control, wanting to be safe. The world, the flesh and the devil keep us looking for the answer to those wants outside of ourselves in the world.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Wishing all Christians a “happy Lenten journey,” Pope Benedict XVI said fasting, almsgiving and prayer are traditionally suggested for Lent because they have proven to be effective tools for conversion.Read More

John Carroll boys’ basketball coach Tony Martin had one goal when he joined the Bel Air school in 2005: get his team into the prestigious Baltimore Catholic League.Read More

Organizers of the first Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership planned for March 8-10, 2012, in Baltimore said the aim of the gathering will be to offer pastoral leaders “the best of Catholic pastoral practices, religious education/catechesis and theology.”Read More

One of the late Henry Tom’s most interesting characteristics was that, for a man of words, he was a man of few words. As Dean Smith cited (CR, Feb. 10) Henry wrote the book on pastoral planning, a process through which faith communities strive to align their actions with their beliefs. That is how Henry...Read More