DUBLIN, Ireland – Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop John Magee of Cloyne, more than a year after the bishop requested that an apostolic administrator be appointed to run the diocese. As he stepped down March 24, Bishop Magee, 73, offered an apology to victims of abuse by clergy in his diocese.Read More

LAHORE, Pakistan – A massive suicide bomb targeting a government building killed 23 people and badly damaged Catholic buildings in Lahore.Read More

DETROIT -- Just as St. Patrick evangelized Ireland in the fifth century, an Irish priest studying in Detroit says the Irish of the 21st century now need the new evangelization called for by the late Pope John Paul II.Read More

Quincy Lucas of Dover, Del. is a woman on a mission, and seven young people from Baltimore are taking her lead.Read More

Pounded by the worst economy in decades, the Archdiocese of Baltimore suffered a $34.3 million deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. The figure was released in an archdiocesan financial report provided to The Catholic Review and available on pages 12-13 of the March 18 issue.Read More

It was an up and down season for the Mount St. Joseph, Irvington, ice hockey team this year. According to longtime head coach Erv Terwilliger, who is in his 17th season with the program, “We played well through the first half of the season. We beat DeMatha early on, which was great but I think...Read More

While at home waiting for the late afternoon finals game of the MIAA A Conference to tip off, Towson Catholic senior point guard Larry Bastfield was anxious. He was pacing around his house, making phone calls.Read More

KINGSTON, Ontario – Groups of Anglicans entering into communion with the Catholic Church will not absorbed the way “a teaspoon of sugar would be lost in a gallon of coffee,” said Cardinal William Levada, prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.Read More