Former Towson Catholic High School standout Donte Greene was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 28th pick in the first round of the June 26 National Basketball Association draft.Read More

Worship habits are regaining a sense of normalcy at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Essex, where an organ fire disrupted the Mass schedule on Father’s Day, June 15.Read More

Several parishes in the archdiocese have joined an interfaith prayer service project that will be held on the 22nd of each month at Maryland churches, synagogues, and mosques in Maryland.Read More

The Judith Sudilovsky interview of Jon Voight (CR, June 5) was surprising. Mr. Voight has demonstrated his commitment to helping people yet seems unaware of what has been happening to the Palestinians. That he visited Sderot and met with Israeli “terrorism victims and their families” mirrors the kind of guided tours given to our congressional...Read More

LOS ANGELES – As same-sex couples prepared to marry in California, the seven bishops of the Los Angeles Archdiocese reiterated that they “cannot approve of redefining marriage” as anything but the union of “a man and a woman in a committed relationship.”Read More

SYDNEY, Australia – Talk about a barbecue for the ages. What’s being considered Australia’s largest-ever barbecue is being planned for July 16 when World Youth Day 2008 links with Rotary Australia to serve lunch to more than 120,000 pilgrims at 200 locations around Greater Sydney.Read More

It’s the Bible vs. the government for St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore, pastor Father Richard T. Lawrence.Read More

WARSAW, Poland – The head of the German Catholic bishops’ conference said the 2005 election of Pope Benedict XVI produced “no miracles” for Christianity in his country and warned that the church still faced “tough challenges.”Read More