In this special section of The Catholic Review, we salute the 2,620 graduating seniors of 21 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Congratulations to the Class of 2008!Read More
JUBA, Sudan – With less than six months to go before the Jan. 9 referendum on the future of Southern Sudan as an independent nation, Sudan’s bishops have expressed concern that there is not enough time to finish preparations.Read More
Guided by her faith and passion for life, The Catholic High School of Baltimore senior Suzanne Remeikis has succeeded both inside and outside of the classroom.Read More
The Preparation of the Gifts and the Altar are more than the collection or the practical elements of preparing the bread and wine. This part of the Mass begins the second major part of the celebration, the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Usually a song is sung, again disparate voices are joined together into one voice...Read More
Jerome Junior, a recent graduate of Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore, and Lindsay Pisanic, a rising junior at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville, won the only decathlon and heptathlon championships held for high school students in Maryland.Read More
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has revised its procedures for handling priestly sex abuse cases, streamlining disciplinary measures, extending the statute of limitations and defining child pornography as an act of sexual abuse of a minor.Read More
A singular joy of ministry as bishop is the opportunity to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. Here the bishop is the immediate instrument God uses to pour out His Spirit upon His people as He did with tongues of fire on the disciples at Pentecost. In the sacrament, God offers the gift of the Spirit...Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will preside over the closing session of the Cause for Sainthood of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton during the 12:10 p.m. Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore July 20.Read More
The saga began in the mid 1880s, when a teenage boy from Southern Maryland boarded a steamboat in St. Mary’s City, ventured up the Chesapeake Bay, disembarked in Baltimore and made his way a few miles west, to Irvington and a fledgling school.Read More
This is a corrected version of an article that appeared in the July 15 edition of The Catholic Review. The College of Notre Dame of Maryland and Loyola University Maryland have changed lives in Baltimore for generations.Read More
Although she has an attractive and spacious apartment in a relatively secluded part of White Marsh, 76-year-old Mary Winkle found herself feeling increasingly lonely, despite occasional visits from her daughter and friends.Read More
MONTERREY, Mexico – Caritas chapters across northern Mexico have mobilized in response to Hurricane Alex, the aftereffects of which continue to threaten many residents in the border states of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila with flooding, mudslides and water and sanitation problems.Read More