WASHINGTON – Nearly a year after Arizona passed a controversial immigration enforcement law that remains hung up in the courts, dozens of state legislatures either are considering similar legislation or have already taken up bills modeled after it.Read More

The concept of summer camp has evolved from those lazy days of swimming, bug-collecting and free play. Today, children have plenty of opportunities for summer fun that also expands their minds. Whether they’re into art, science, exploration, photography or other creative pursuits, chances are one of Baltimore’s fine museums or attractions has a summer camp...Read More

PARKVILLE – When John Gants broadcasts the morning weather report every Wednesday at Oak Crest Retirement Community, he covers a lot more than temperatures and precipitation.Read More

How appropriate that every year our Maryland Catholic Conference holds its annual Catholic Lobby Night on Presidents’ Day. For it is the very religious liberty secured for every American citizen by our nation’s Founding Fathers that paves the way for hundreds of Maryland Catholics to come to Annapolis every year to share with their elected...Read More

Spiritual directors and social scientists sometimes summarize all human behavior under the three wants: wanting approval, wanting control and wanting to be safe. Most of our efforts on the ego level are seeking to attain one of these three wants.Read More

VATICAN CITY – In his latest volume of “Jesus of Nazareth,” Pope Benedict XVI says the condemnation of Christ had complex political and religious causes and cannot be blamed on the Jewish people as a whole.Read More

Mark J. Potter Executive Director, Basilica of the Assumption Historic Trust Inc. “Cardinal Keeler recognized early on in his episcopacy the responsibility that he had as steward of the Basilica of the Assumption. The cardinal realized that by concentrating on the basilica’s rich history, he could give the church a bright future. Through the recently...Read More

VATICAN CITY – Just as Jesus was able to effectively communicate God’s word with parables involving pastures and sheep, the church needs to discover modern day metaphors that will capture the attention and hearts of today’s tech-savvy men and women, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More