St. Patrick Church in Fells Point, the oldest parish in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is closed indefinitely as a result of the Aug. 23 earthquake that shook the Mid-Atlantic Region.Read More
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Mary Ann Glendon, a professor at Harvard Law School who recently stepped down as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal at commencement ceremonies May 17.Read More
After nearly five years working as an assistant to Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski in the office of the eastern vicar, Sister Constance “Connie” Gilder, S.S.J., is taking on a new role as Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s delegate to religious.Read More
MADRID – Although he and his group were unable to get very close to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to World Youth Day, Erick Arellano, a senior airman with the U.S. Air Force, still felt the excitement of being among the thousands that packed the Spanish capital’s Plaza de Cibeles.Read More
YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Celebrating Mass with more than 40,000 Catholics in Cameroon, Pope Benedict XVI urged African families to reject the “tyranny of materialism” and other social changes that risk eroding the continent’s traditional values.Read More
The sun rises over the Chesapeake Bay, offering hopeful rays each morning to patients meditating on the lawn by the chapel at Father Martin’s Ashley.Read More
J. Edgar Hoover was known to distrust anyone whose hand was sweaty or clammy when he shook it. It is believed that many an FBI candidate was rejected as a result.Read More
YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Pope Benedict XVI’s declaration that distribution of condoms only increases the problem of AIDS is the latest and one of the strongest statements in a simmering debate inside the church.Read More
In this special section of The Catholic Review, we salute the 2,620 graduating seniors of 21 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Congratulations to the Class of 2008!Read More
ORANGE, Calif. – The Diocese of Orange has upped its bid to buy the Crystal Cathedral complex in Garden Grove from $50 million to $53.6 million.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Because Christ is truly present in the Eucharist, adoration must be a Catholic’s primary attitude toward the Blessed Sacrament at Mass as well as when praying before the tabernacle, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
Guided by her faith and passion for life, The Catholic High School of Baltimore senior Suzanne Remeikis has succeeded both inside and outside of the classroom.Read More