A funeral Mass for Jesuit Father John Nissel, a Baltimore native who served as a missionary in Japan, was held Jan. 28 at St. Ignatius Church on the campus of Sophia University in Tokyo. A memorial service will be held March 21 at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes Church in Catonsville. Father Nissel died Jan....Read More

In October 1829, the first Provincial Council in the United States was held here in Baltimore. In attendance were five bishops and one archbishop. The archbishop, of course, was our own Archbishop James Whitfield. The five bishops were Fenwick of Boston, Joseph Flaget of Bardstown (now Louisville, Ky.), Rosati of St. Louis, England of Charleston,...Read More

While acknowledging the pain endured through child sexual abuse, Catholic leaders urged lawmakers Feb. 5 to reject a bill that would significantly extend the time period when victims can file civil lawsuits in Maryland.Read More

Sweat trickled down the teens’ paint droplet-covered faces, and dirt was embedded in their fingernails. Their hair was tussled, and they were tired after days of hard work in the blistering sun.Read More

As he approached death in the fall of 2008, Joseph Barranco was in terrible pain. Living at Baltimore’s St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, the Halethorpe resident had become edgy as he suffered from bladder cancer and the early effects of dementia.Read More

VATICAN CITY – In time for the summer holidays, the Vatican urged tourists to pack less luggage, leave the car at home and have a greener vacation.Read More

Woodmont Academy students in Cooksville devoted Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday to a day of apostolic service, performing works that benefitted the school community and a school in El Salvador.Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has appointed Father Kevin A. Mueller, a Baltimore area native who spent the last two years at St. Mary in Hagerstown, as the new pastor of Church of the Holy Apostles, Gambrills.Read More