Notre Dame Preparatory School junior Caitlyn Rayman and Mercy High School freshman Julia Gusmano and sophomore Grace Gibbons are three of the 10 finalists in Notre Dame of Maryland University’s 2012 Sister Maura Eichner Award for Young Poets.Read More

A funeral Mass for Sister of St. Francis of Assisi Margaret Mary Sullivan was offered Jan. 16 at Clare Court Convent in Baltimore. Sister Margaret Mary died January 11.Read More

OK, this won’t be the first time in my life I’ve been accused of being late to the party, so to speak. It’s been a few days since the Ravens triumphantly rolled into town earlier this week after a thrilling Super Bowl victory over the 49ers. Meanwhile, my keyboard has beenRead More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore experienced a $12.6 million deficit at the close of the 2011-2012 fiscal year, according to an annual report released to the Catholic Review at the end of January.Read More

While Hattie Carroll suffered from chronic hypertension and most likely was diabetic, the accepted wisdom is that she died because of the color of her skin.Read More

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a National Prayer Movement for the Year of Faith, which ends Nov. 24. The USCCB asks all people of faith to join the movement to pray for our nation, life marriage and religious liberty. Prayer is holy, patriotic, efficacious, a spiritual work of mercy, and it works when...Read More

How well is the Catholic Church evangelizing?Read More

In sexual morality, family life and education, the Baby Boom generation ushered in a series of cultural changes that led to an “anthropological crisis” in American society, leaving younger generations yearning acutely for what the Catholic Church has to offer.Read More