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VATICAN CITY – The number of Catholic priests in the world has increased consistently over the past decade and the “relative superabundance” of priests in Europe and North America has begun to attenuate, the Vatican said.

Baltimore Orioles Photo The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Ernie Tyler, the Orioles’ longtime umpire attendant who worked 3,819 consecutive home games at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park, has died at age 86. A graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington, Mr. Tyler was a dedicated O’s fan from the first moment the baseball team […]

Dr. Mary Laverty Funke has been elected as the next President of Baltimore’s Institute of Notre Dame. She will take office July 1.

Want to hear one of the best handbell choirs in the Baltimore area?  Listen to this recently uploaded presentation from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.  Very impressive. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n5XTc2FBM&feature=feedu]

The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee heard testimony on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage Feb. 8.  Look for a full report in next week’s Catholic Review.  In the meantime, check out this CR video report. —– ?UPDATE, 2/10: See this article in The Catholic Review for more on this story. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTnB0TibFMw]

St. Apollonia The people of Egypt could use all the prayers they can get these days. Given the violent clashes between supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and pro-democracy demonstrators, perhaps there’s no one better to ask for intercession than St. Apollonia – an Egyptian saint whose feast is celebrated today. During an uprising against Christians in the third century, St. Apollonia […]

Eighth-grade students from De La Salle Blackfeet School in Browning, Montana, traveled to Baltimore two years ago to visit friends at Calvert Hall College High School, Towson. Calvert Hall students have gone to Montana to work with De La Salle’s children and visit a reservation there. (Photo courtesy Calvert Hall) In this week’s edition of […]

The Jan. 13 Catholic Review contained a small but accusatory note. The headline “Ghana cardinal: GM crops breed form of slavery” indicated that the Cardinal Peter Turkson, is angry about genetically-modified (GM) seeds. The tone of the article blames GM crops for all manner of troubles in Africa.