Our role at the Catholic Center, where the offices for the central services of the Archdiocese are located, is to provide the support that will allow the outstanding work of our parishes, schools and other institutions to continue for the benefit of those we serve. I have been extremely impressed by the dedication of the...Read More
A funeral mass for Father Ralph Ransom Jr., S.S.J, was offered June 12 at St. Joseph Manor, Baltimore. Father Ransom, who was 76, spent most of his priestly life in southeast Texas, but began it as associate pastor of St. Peter Claver in Baltimore. He died June 7 at St. Joseph Manor.Read More
The New Testament reading that began this Advent season, from Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians, was filled with the tension between the “now” and the “not yet” of the two comings of the Messiah – a tension that was evidently an issue for the early church, and ought to be for us.Read More
BRIGHTON, Mass – The Catholic Church’s highest court has rejected appeals of the closures of eight Boston-area parishes, the Archdiocese of Boston confirmed June 10.Read More
Tony Magliano's left-wing ramblings would be comical if not for the fact that CNS, and in turn The Catholic Review, consistently affords him a platform for misrepresenting the faith.Read More
Some of the institutions that helped shape the man who delivered one of the most distinctive catch phrases ever spoken on television were paid back in full.Read More
Africans who were enslaved meant something to St. Peter Claver, and he gathered many volunteers to assist him in acts of mercy. It was these volunteers who altered, in a positive way, Peter Claver’s ministry when a ship was coming into port. The group also cared for the lepers and those with smallpox. On holy...Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has set up two new anti-terrorism units that will work closely with international police experts to prevent possible attacks, the Vatican’s director of security announced.Read More
PERTH, Australia – Incorporating traditionalist Anglicans into the Catholic Church must be a “slow, cautious and prudent” path of implementing Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic constitution, said the bishop in charge of the process in Australia.Read More
When the Kreiner family was looking for a private high school for their youngest daughter, Kristen, The Catholic High School of Baltimore was their third choice – until they visited the all-girls’ school.Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate’s rejection of a bipartisan abortion amendment to its version of health care reform legislation was “a grave mistake and a serious blow to genuine health reform,” according to the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.Read More