People can dine on soup served in handcrafted bowls while helping the hungry and homeless of Baltimore at St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore’s third annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has appointed Father Kevin A. Mueller, a Baltimore area native who spent the last two years at St. Mary in Hagerstown, as the new pastor of Church of the Holy Apostles, Gambrills.Read More
A funeral Mass for Jesuit Father John Nissel, a Baltimore native who served as a missionary in Japan, was held Jan. 28 at St. Ignatius Church on the campus of Sophia University in Tokyo. A memorial service will be held March 21 at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes Church in Catonsville. Father Nissel died Jan....Read More
A funeral Mass was held for Deacon Arthur L. Micozzi, one of the founding members of St. Isaac Jogues, at his longtime parish in Carney June 23.Read More
The Maryland General Assembly may not be in session, but that doesn’t mean that there is not a lot going on in the public policy arena. Some of the activity is driven by events within Maryland, but actions in New York and even as far away as California are having an impact in our state....Read More
While acknowledging the pain endured through child sexual abuse, Catholic leaders urged lawmakers Feb. 5 to reject a bill that would significantly extend the time period when victims can file civil lawsuits in Maryland.Read More
ROME – Rome diocesan officials have denied Hollywood producers permission to film the prequel to “The Da Vinci Code” inside its churches in Rome.Read More
MEXICO CITY – Jacinta Francisco Marcial sold ice cream in the state of Queretaro until she was accused in 2006 of kidnapping six federal agents who were searching for illegal merchandise.Read More
As he approached death in the fall of 2008, Joseph Barranco was in terrible pain. Living at Baltimore’s St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, the Halethorpe resident had become edgy as he suffered from bladder cancer and the early effects of dementia.Read More
In last week’s column I shared my ‘near-death’ experience from pulmonary embolisms – blood clots that broke off from a larger clot in my leg and traveled to my lungs. As I explained last week, a blood clot in the leg is known as DVT – Deep Vein Thrombosis. Two hundred thousand people die each...Read More