No Charm City Christmas is complete without this classic! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74INc6WwqYg&feature=related]Read More

UPDATE: Here’s the “Best of” list. Christmas. It’s time of great joy and, at least according to American shopping malls and radio stations, it begins somewhere right after the Fourth of July.   For Catholics, the start of the Advent season is joyous and you can Share Your Christmas Traditions with The Catholic Review.  For others less connected...Read More

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the popemobile for Mass in Nationals Park April 17, 2008 in Washington. (Owen Sweeney III, Catholic Review) Could Pope Benedict XVI soon be tooling around in a solar-powered popemobile?  A snip from the AP: Anyone have a fast, solar-powered electric popemobile for his holiness?The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI would gladly...Read More

Susan Crane is no stranger to prisons. The longtime anti-nuclear peace activist, a resident of the Jonah House community in West Baltimore, has already served five years for various peace actions – including a 1999 protest at the Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, where she and three others hammered and poured blood...Read More

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the ever-affable newly elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, made a recent appearance on “Fox and Friends.”  Using the national spotlight to plug Catholic education, the archbishop said a key to the success of parochial schools has been their accountability. “Our parents can choose or not choose to send their...Read More

In the nearly 14 years I’ve covered the State House in Annapolis, I’ve heard a lot of arguments for and against the death penalty. Proponents often insist the ultimate punishment deters violent crime and exacts justice. Opponents say it’s inhumane and unfairly targets minorities. Few people have provided more powerful personal testimony against the death...Read More

Baltimore Ravens kicker Bill Cundiff, possibly the 2010 team MVP,  and running back Matt Lawrence came to Archbishop Borders School in Baltimore City with a message Nov. 29: value your education. Cundiff said he lives by “three Fs” to succeed in the National Football League: family, friends and faith. “You guys can go great places...Read More

Advent calendars are a cherished part of Catholicism, especially with young people.  Baltimore’s Loyola University Maryland has an interesting web version, where each day promises something exciting. Check it out at Christmas at Loyola University.Read More