The annual Catholic Community of St. Michael and St. Patrick, Fells Point, carnival will continue with its second and last weekend June 29-July 1 at the corner of E. Lombard and S. Wolfe streets.Read More

A funeral Mass for Deacon John J. Briscoe of Baltimore, was offered June 25 at St. Peter Claver, Baltimore. Deacon Briscoe – who had suffered from heart problems and high blood pressure – died June 17 at Levindale Geriatric Center and Hospital in Baltimore. He was 81.Read More

So, “a growing number of the faithful” are responsible for the “demoralizing of priests” in the aftermath of the sexual abuse of minors in the church (CR, June 21)?Read More

VATICAN CITY – Kurt Waldheim, former U.N. secretary-general and president of Austria, died June 14 at the age of 88. The longtime diplomat, who died of heart failure in his home in Vienna, Austria, had been a controversial figure for his World War II role as an officer in the German army, and Vatican interaction...Read More

A steady spring rain may have darkened the skies and soaked some parishioners, but it failed to dampen the musical exuberance that sparkled inside St. Louis Church, Clarksville, June 3. Soon after Edward Polochick confidently raised his white baton to lead an orchestra and choral singers from Concert Artists of Baltimore, the musicians filled the...Read More

The Baltimore City Council approved a watered-down version of a long-fought-for inclusionary-housing bill June 11 and the city’s Catholic community is claiming victory in gaining a law that will require more affordable homes for urban residents.Read More

Congratulations to the 2,655 graduating seniors of the 21 Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore A baccalaureate Mass was celebrated May 23 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, and commencement exercises were held May 25 at the Cathedral...Read More

Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, a member of MedStar health, has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers.Read More