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January 19, 2011

With spring here, Kay Bowman’s fancy turns lightly to thoughts of love – not the romantic kind the poet Tennyson had in mind, but love for the children of her parish, St. Philip Neri in Linthicum Heights, and its school.

This is the cover of “Autobiography of Mark Twain” edited by Harriet Elinor Smith and others. The publication of the autobiography 100 years after his death renewed the debate about whether Twain was anti-Christian.|

Mark Twain’s autobiography renews debate: Was he anti-Christian?

January 19, 2011

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – “There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing and predatory … ours is a terrible religion.”

Monk caught with former nun’s skeleton

January 19, 2011

Here’s a very strange story out of Greece. A monk, along with two other people, was arrested at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens, Greece after security personnel discovered the remains of a human body in their luggage as they tried to board a flight to Cyprus. The remains of Eleni Vathiadou, a former nun, […]

Pope John Paul II: ‘Ho, ho, ho, Secret Service’

January 18, 2011

Retired Secret Service Agent James Le Gette displays a photo of him with Pope John Paul II while he was assigned to protect the pope during his 1979 visit to the United States. (Owen Sweeney III/Catholic Review File) The recent announcement that Pope John Paul II will be beatified May 1 brought renewed attention to […]

All shook up

January 16, 2011

Mary Tyler Moore stars with Elvis Presley in the 1969 movie, 'Change of Habit.' Ursuline Sister Anne Michelle Mudd has devoted more than 50 years serving the King of Kings as a religious sister. At the same time, it seems the now-retired Catholic school teacher has also been a fan of another king: he of rhinestone […]

Blessed John Paul II: ‘God’s man’

January 14, 2011

It’s been eagerly anticipated for years. Now it’s a reality. Pope John Paul II will be beatified May 1. Here’s a small snip from the official decree issued today in Rome: Pope John Paul II waves to an estimated 60,000 people in Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore Oct. 8, 1995. The liturgy was held […]

Irresistible Promise of Happiness

Archdiocese Staff

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review This year, the Church’s celebration of the miraculous and timeless story of Jesus’ birth on Christmas Day coincided, just one day later, with our observation honoring the loving and powerful witness of the Holy Family of Jesus and his parents, Mary and Joseph. At Masses throughout the Archdiocese that day after Christmas, […]

Irresistible Promise of Happiness

Archdiocese Staff

OBrien Articles

Archbishop O Brien, Bishop of Pittsburgh Place Wager on Saturdays game

Sean Caine

Press Release

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, and Bishop David A. Zubik, Bishop of Pittsburgh, have placed a friendly “wager” on Saturday’s Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers game. The wager requires the losing (Arch) Bishop to make a donation to the Catholic charity of the winning (Arch) Bishop’s choice. Archbishop O’Brien has designated Catholic Charities’ Our Daily […]

Catholic School Graduates Earn Over $225,000 More; Schools Save State Over $380 Million Annually

Sean Caine

Press Release

Each year, Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore save Maryland taxpayers over $380 million in per pupil expenses and provide an additional $393.3 million into the local economy in income and revenue, economist Anirban Basu told a group of business and community leaders today. Basu delivered his findings at an event hosted by Archbishop […]

Haiti Homily – Deacon Rodrigue Mortel

Sean Caine