St. Ambrose Catholic School in Park Heights is closing in June, the Archdiocese of Baltimore announced March 14.Read More

Thousands lined Charles and Pratt Streets under cloudless skies March 11 to watch the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.Read More

Like most Catholics, I have been following the debate surrounding the HHS mandate. Quite simply, it would have been impossible for me to avoid it as my Facebook feed has been inundated with articles and blog posts covering every angle of the controversy. As I perused the information and differentRead More

St. Ambrose Catholic School principal Pamela Sanders choked back tears at the thought of her school closing.Read More

  The Jesuits might have more emotional investment in the NCAA men's basketball tournament than any other group in the country. Of the 68 teams vying for the national championship, six of them are from Jesuit colleges. Crieghton, Gonzaga, Loyola University Maryland, Georgetown, Marquette and Xavier are all run by theRead More

MSNBC photo   Chris Matthews, popular host of MSNBC’s ‘Hardball,’ was in town last week - plugging ‘Elusive Hero,’ his new book on President John F. Kennedy. During a public question-and-answer session following an appearance at the Enoch Pratt Free Library downtown, the tough-talking Matthews struck me as a bit conflicted. While heRead More

   Earlier today I received an email about a rally that doesn't sound too dissimilar from the ones I have covered for years at the Catholic Review and CatholicReview.org. The main difference is that the March D.C. event is a gathering with a headline: "Celebrate living without God!"  The email statement said The Reason Rally...Read More

Mount St. Mary’s University’s leadership wrote a sharply worded open letter to President Barack Obama in the March 12 Washington Post colaiming the new federal health care mandate compromises thier ability to provide health care in accord to their religious mission.Read More