Religion: Masses at Mass

"Archbishop Curley? Morning Sun. Government forecasters report a severe storm moving up the coast from the Carolinas. What's that going to do to your 100,000?"

''You may disregard the storm warning. Tomorrow's weather has been prearranged."

Such a conversation took place one night last week between a Baltimore newshawk and Most Rev. Michael Joseph Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore. Next day Archbishop Curley was to pontificate at a solemn military field mass in Baltimore Stadium, in commemoration of triple anniversaries—the 300th of the founding of Maryland and the first Catholic mass on Maryland...

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