It’s summer in the city, and if past summers – and the past couple of weeks – are any indication, the season that for many means relaxing by the pool and vacationing down the ocean will not be like that for some of our brothers and sisters. Instead, June, July and August will be marred...Read More
Everything old is new again. That is the adage used to describe the cyclical life of fads and other hallmarks of our society that come and go and eventually come again. From cars, fashions and even hair styles, “retro” is in … for now.Read More
The Hispanic community in the Archdiocese of Baltimore has grown significantly in the past 10 years. According to the 2010 Census data there has been a 152 percent increase in the population. This is from approximately 58,000 in 2000 to 146,000 in 2010. Conservative estimates affirm that 70 percent of this population is Catholic. The...Read More
As I drove to Mercy Medical Center to see Dr. Sabundayo (who wins my Albert Schweitzer award for kindness), I thought of Uncle Lionel. Actually, he wasn’t my uncle, but his last name was spelled the same as mine!Read More
St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood won $1,000 and top state honors in the first Great American Can Roundup – School Challenge.Read More
Josephite Father William L. Norvel has become the first African-American to lead the Josephite priests and brothers in the Baltimore-based order’s 140-year history.Read More
VATICAN CITY – After languishing in storage for more than 30 years, three giant collages and other works by French artist Henri Matisse have been given a permanent home in the Vatican Museums.Read More
A new parish is forming in Western Maryland. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien announced June 12 that he has accepted the recommendation of the Mountain Maryland Regional Planning Commission to unite the five existing Cumberland-area parishes into one faith community with a single pastoral staff, effective July 1.Read More
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Many pro-life faculty on college campuses in the United States and Canada have experienced a strong sense of isolation and disrespect for their views, said the newly installed president of University Faculty for Life.Read More
Arthur Williams was 17 days from graduating from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School as he signed an acceptance letter for a scholarship offer from McDaniel College June 1.Read More
WASHINGTON – Most of them weren’t born yet when the events occurred that came to define the U.S. crisis of sexual abuse by priests. But for men who entered the seminary in the past decade, a point of commonality seems to be that they want to prove that priests are good people.Read More