Loyola University Maryland Loyola University Maryland’s six-year graduation rate of 86 percent tied for second in the nation among private, master’s level universities, according to federal data recently analyzed by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The release said “Loyola’s graduation rate is significantly higher than the median rate of 53 percent for all four-year institutions,...Read More

The Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints are in town to play the Ravens. Drew Brees, their quarterback, is fresh off a well-deserved honor, Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year, in recognition of the work he did leading a team and a city – remember Hurricane Katrina? – to unanticipated heights. In 2000, I was...Read More

VATICAN CITY – The United States sought to engage the Vatican in joint crisis management training in hopes that it would further anti-terrorism cooperation, according to a cable from the U.S. Embassy in Rome released by WikiLeaks.Read More

OXFORD, England – Two Catholic officials in the Balkans paid tribute to the late veteran U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke, but said he failed to secure a just peace in the region.Read More

Benedictine Nuns of Notre-Dame ?????Looks like Lady Gaga has some competition. An order of French nuns has climbed the U.S. and U.K. classical charts with a new album, “Voices: Chant from Avignon.” Bloomberg has the story here.  A snip: The Benedictine Nuns of Notre-Dame topped U.S. and U.K. classical charts with their album “Voices: Chant From Avignon”...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien Christmas Eve 6 p.m.: Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland Midnight: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, BaltimoreRead More

When it comes to the Maryland General Assembly and Annapolis and use of taxpayer monies, a popular portrayal paints a deep schism, between public and private entities. Forgotten are the many partnerships that defy that conception, one example being  bumping into Brit Kirwan at the 30th annual Catholic Charities Leadership Breakfast Celebration Dec. 8. William...Read More

RICHMOND, Va. – A federal judge in Virginia ruled Dec. 13 that the health reform law’s requirement that all Americans obtain health insurance or face penalties is an unconstitutional expansion of government power.Read More