Religious Sister of Mercy Felicitas Powers, former archivist of the Baltimore Archdiocese, died April 8. She was 89.Read More

When you attend Mass this weekend, you will likely receive a letter from me informing you about expected state legislation that would pose a real and significant threat to our Church, including its parishes, schools, and other ministries. I urge you to read it carefully, as well as the additional materials that accompany it. They...Read More

As seems to be happening too often these days, Baltimore has lost another friend. Judge Roger Brown’s unexpected exit from this world on March 23, 2009, has left a gaping hole in not only Maryland’s legal community, but also in our region’s black Catholic community.Read More

LIMA, Peru – Late last year, a 15-year-old girl was locked up for 24 days with adult men in a police holding cell in Abaetetuba, Brazil, where she was raped repeatedly and burned with cigarettes and lighters.Read More

As at least seven women entered a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic on Howard Street in Baltimore April 10, about 200 Catholics stood on the opposite side of the street and peacefully prayed for them and their unborn children.Read More

In an effort to encourage more parishioners to register their children at Holy Family School, Randallstown, Father Andrew S. Mohl, pastor, has announced a significant drop in the school’s tuition.Read More

These 40 days and 40 nights, immersed in sacred Scripture, retelling the story of Jesus gave much to talk about. Even the moments of silence when Christ was brought up on charges during the trial speak volumes of the one who is the “Word made flesh.”Read More

Paulist Father Isaac Thomas Hecker was “a real-life saint like you and me,” Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York said Jan. 27, describing the founder of the Paulist Fathers.Read More