Unable to invite Rome’s priests to mark Holy Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis thanked all priests for their service and called those who died ministering to the sick and health care workers part of the community of “saints next door.”


Unable to invite Rome’s priests to mark Holy Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis thanked all priests for their service and called those who died ministering to the sick and health care workers part of the community of “saints next door.”

Click play above to watch a livestream of 7 a.m. Holy Thursday morning prayer from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

Click above to watch a livestream of the April 9 Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper with Archbishop Lori at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. For more online Masses, click here.

In times like these, when fear and uncertainty, suffering and death, are all around us, it may be difficult for us to focus on much more than our immediate problems.

It is irresponsible to assert that we know enough about the virus to encourage, in good conscience, the sorts of decisions that could very well end up becoming matters of life and death.

This plague has opened our hearts and minds to questions that we should have been asking all along: What is most important to us? Do we love well? What can we count on?

The disappointment of not being able to celebrate Easter Mass in churches across the country this year might be most strongly felt by the thousands who planned to join the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.

The Archdiocese of Washington expressed disappointment that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a federal appeals court ruling that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s prohibition of religious advertising did not violate the First Amendment.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has canceled the U.S. bishops’ spring general assembly that was planned for June 10-12 in Detroit.
Young Adult Ministry continues to meet online through the outreach of various parishes and organizations during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Archdiocese of Baltimore supports ministry with young adults, in their late teens, twenties, and thirties in every pastorate and college campus community utilizing the unique charisms and strengths of each pastorate to reach young adults […]

Downtown Baltimore’s three major hospitals received Catholic blessings the morning of April 8.

While the coronavirus pandemic has proven challenging for schools and parents in educating children, it is also a chance for Catholic schools to confront those challenges with courage, said the Congregation for Catholic Education.
