The Church of the Good Shepherd in Glen Burnie will honor long-time Father John L. Kelly Sept. 21 with a farewell picnic. Father Kelly will say his final Mass at the parish at 11:30 a.m. and the celebratory picnic will follow in the back of the church.Read More
VATICAN CITY – In a message to the United Nations, Pope Benedict XVI called for stronger efforts to guarantee economic justice around the globe.Read More
MEXICO CITY – Independence Day festivities turned violent in the state of Michoacan as three grenades were tossed during the governor’s annual performance of the “grito,” a popular re-enactment of Father Miguel Hidalgo Costilla’s call for independence.Read More
With autumn just around the corner, many are planting mums and asters, replacing impatiens and petunias with pansies and cabbages, feeding trees and shrubs, and cleaning up garden beds.Read More
H.O.P.E., Inc., a nonprofit organization which has furnished the homes of needy families while providing clothing and other supplies since 2004, will lose its chief storage warehouse by the end of October.Read More
WASHINGTON – Earlier this summer, a federal court told the Federal Communications Commission that it was wrong to fine CBS over the 2004 Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction” in which singer Janet Jackson’s breast was exposed. Last year, another federal court struck down the FCC’s “fleeting indecency” standard when the FCC levied fines against networks for...Read More
With autumn just around the corner, many are planting mums and asters, replacing impatiens and petunias with pansies and cabbages, feeding trees and shrubs, and cleaning up garden beds.Read More
The old saying, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” is wrong. I’m learning all the time! Allow me to share two new insights about prayer.Read More
Applications are being accepted until Nov. 7 for the 2008-2009 seventh class of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fellows Program, a leadership development program for nonprofit executive directors in Maryland. The sixth group of Weinberg Fellows will graduate in October 2008.Read More
Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Pope Benedict XVI’s representative to the United States, will install Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington during a special Sept. 8 Mass at St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington. The liturgy will begin at 2 p.m.Read More