ROME – Catholic Review newspaper assistant managing editor George Matysek was in Rome as the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s 15th archbishop became a cardinal Feb. 18.Read More

By a slim margin, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill Feb. 17 that would legalize same-sex marriage.Read More

According to the Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy, cardinals are known as ecclesiastical “princes of the church,” who are designated by the pope to assist him in the administration of the church at the highest level. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, and their primary role is to elect the new...Read More

St. Frances Academy students share their personal thoughts on what Black History Month means to them.Read More

Gonzalo Cadavid-Rivera, a young man from Colombia came to Baltimore in 2004 to enter the seminary for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. I had the opportunity to meet him and introduce him to a couple of parishes with Hispanic Ministry. I remember we went to St. Patrick on Broadway Street for Sunday Mass. It was Mother’s...Read More

One of the joys of working in the Office of Hispanic Ministry is that I have the opportunity to offer special spiritual programs for Hispanic immigrants. Our goal is to nourish their dire need to reconnect with their roots, to offer relief for their feelings of alienation and have an experience of Christ and of...Read More

See how students Frederick students celebrate Catholic Schools Week.Read More

VATICAN CITY – In part to avoid giving the impression that becoming a cardinal is a sacrament or quasi-sacrament, Pope Benedict XVI will use a revised, streamlined prayer service to create 22 new cardinals in February.Read More