For a priest who never expected to focus his ministry on vocations, Father Michael Romano has become a leading figure in shaping the next generation of Catholic clergy – and now he’ll do it from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. 

In a letter marking the 100th anniversary of the canonization of three French saints — John Eudes, John Vianney and Thérèse of Lisieux — Pope Leo prayed that the anniversary celebrations “will not merely evoke nostalgia for a past that might seem bygone, but that they will awaken hope and give rise to a new missionary impetus.”

Blessed Iuliu Hossu, the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla, was named a cardinal “in pectore” — secretly — by St. Paul VI in 1969.

Jim Hunter, the former longtime play-by-play announcer for the Baltimore Orioles and a fixture in Baltimore sports broadcasting, is a devoted Catholic and an active parishioner of St. Mark in Fallston. Mark Viviano talks with Hunter about his years in broadcasting and his journey of faith.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York urged Empire State lawmakers to reject legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide.