Standing on a hill overlooking a field of grass in Sykesville, Joseph Yi sees the future. After more than 25 years of planning, the construction of Holy Korean Martyrs Catholic Church’s new home on Sykesville Road in Howard County is to begin this fall, with a groundbreaking scheduled for Sept. 20. 

Has the Great Republic lost the capacity for serious public debate? Why is American politics dominated by the screamers and the vulgarizers? Where are the adults in the room?

The White House has launched an initiative calling for prayers for the nation as part of the celebration of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.

Estonia celebrated a historic milestone Sept. 6 when Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, a German-born Jesuit, became the country’s first Catholic to be beatified.

The “whole situation” in the Middle East “is very serious,” Pope Leo XIV told reporters after Israel launched an attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar.