If unwanted computers, tossed televisions and mediocre microwaves fill a 104,000 foot warehouse, can you imagine what they’d do to a landfill?Read More
The rector of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen called the death of L. Patrick Deering “the loss of a huge figure in the parish and in the archdiocese.”Read More
SAO PAULO, Brazil – A wave of indignation has swept across Brazil’s Catholic community after a Vatican newspaper article criticized a Brazilian archbishop’s actions relating to the case of an abortion performed on a 9-year-old rape victim.Read More
Music from two newly restored pipe organs at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, will fill the vast church with regal sounds Oct. 28, as Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien blesses the dual organ system featuring 7, 231 pipes ranging from 32 feet wide to the width of a pencil.Read More
When Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher Aug. 29, he ceased being archbishop of Baltimore the same day. But he’s not going anywhere soon, because the pope gave him the additional title and responsibilities of apostolic administrator of the archdiocese until his successor...Read More
ROME – While the Catholic Church recognizes the religious freedom of all believers and insists that Catholics be able to worship wherever they live, the Vatican does not have clear guidelines for applying the principle of reciprocity to relations with other religions, said the cardinal in charge of interreligious dialogue.Read More
As parents study prospective colleges for their kids, they’ll devour information about Catholic campus life, but their student might be headed in a different direction.Read More
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – After reviewing his trip to Madrid for World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI announced the themes he has chosen to guide the reflections of young Catholics next year on a diocesan level and in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.Read More
In the March 16 issue of The Baltimore Sun, there was an article by Leonard Pitts Jr. about a new study – the American Religious Identification survey, conducted by researchers at Trinity College of Hartford, Conn. “The poll of more than 54,000 American adults found a sharp erosion in the number of people claiming religious...Read More
Concerned that Baltimore women in crisis pregnancies aren’t receiving the help they need to carry their unborn babies to term, several regional prolife groups have joined forces to establish “Pro-Life Initiative Baltimore.”Read More
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