In the same Baltimore church where St. John Neumann once served as pastor and was consecrated the fourth bishop of Philadelphia, hundreds of Catholics gathered March 27 at the Shrine of St. Alphonsus to celebrate the saint’s 200th birthday.Read More
A Heritage Edition of the “Saint John’s Bible,” a fine art reproduction of a handwritten text, will be on display at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore during an evening of prayer and reflection April 5, from 7 to 9 p.m., courtesy of Loyola University...Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon province of the Society of Jesus has agreed to pay $166.1 million to about 500 people abused by Jesuit priests at schools in the Pacific Northwest in past decades.Read More
The Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland will host its annual conference April 2 in Towson. It will take place in Immaculate Conception School’s auditorium and cafeteria, which are housed in the former Towson Catholic High School.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI appealed for a suspension of fighting in Libya and the immediate start of a serious dialogue aimed at restoring peace to the North African country.Read More
Auxiliary Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski blessed the new altar at St. Thomas More Academy in Buckeystown March 4, during the school’s first Friday Mass. According to a news release from the independent Catholic school, it was his first visit since it was recognized by the Archdiocese of Baltimore in May 2010.Read More
Paulist Father Phillip J. Cunningham, a former Catholic chaplain at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a film reviewer for The Catholic Review, died March 11 at age 88.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Human love and divine love go hand in hand, and separating the two leads to problems that create alienation within and outside the church, said the papal preacher.Read More
VATICAN CITY – After five nights of listening to bombs exploding, the apostolic vicar of Tripoli, Libya, said it is time for the African Union to try to mediate an end to the violence.Read More
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – If you think stewardship is just a fancy way a parish asks for more in the collection basket, Father Daniel Mahan invites you to think again.Read More