The Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Baltimore will host a series of presentations on the church’s teachings on marriage, divorce and annulments. To be held through the end of May, the events are open to everyone but especially the divorced or those marrying a divorced person, Catholics married outside the church, RCIA team members and...Read More
VATICAN CITY – A retired Vatican cardinal said the late Pope John Paul II had approved his congratulatory letter to a French bishop who refused to report a sexually abusive priest to police.Read More
Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s superintendent for Catholic schools, announced April 17 that the Division of Schools and all archdiocesan Catholic schools have been awarded accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI).Read More
Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that Archbishop William D. Borders, 13th Archbishop of Baltimore, died this morning at 10:03 at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 96 years old.Read More
April 19, 2010 --- (Wilmington, DE) --- The following is a statement from the Most Rev. W. Francis Malooly, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, on the passing to eternal life of the Most Rev. William D. Borders, retired Archbishop of Baltimore:Read More
VALLETTA, Malta – Pope Benedict XVI met with eight victims of priestly sex abuse in Malta and promised them the church would do “all in its power” to bring offenders to justice and protect children.Read More
VATICAN CITY - When Pope Benedict XVI was elected on April 19, 2005, just three days after his 78th birthday, he said he would be more of a stay-at-home pope than his globetrotting predecessor Pope John Paul II.Read More
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has kept interreligious dialogue near the top of the Catholic Church’s list of priorities, but his relations with the Jewish and Muslim communities continue to be marked by alternating tensions and new initiatives.Read More
VATICAN CITY - At the five-year mark, two key objectives of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate have come into clear focus: creating space for religion in the public sphere and space for God in private lives.Read More
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican bishops’ conference acknowledged that priests have suffered threats of violence, kidnapping and extortion from Mexico’s narcotics-trafficking cartels.Read More