A newly installed, hulking statue of Blessed Pope John Paul II is getting big-time thumbs down in Italy.  What do you think?  Is it really that ugly?  I haven’t seen it in person, but the AP photos seem to confirm the criticisms. A giant bronze sculpture portraying Pope John Paul II is displayed outside Rome's...Read More

This weekend, I’ll be covering my first Preakness race. The stories about it are legendary and it’s a little intimidating to say the least. I mean, when else am I going to meet a centaur named Kegasus? That’s a huge deal. A bigger deal is that Baltimore’s own Larry Collmus will call his first Preakness...Read More

It has been a time of celebration at St. Agnes Hospital Center as the staff, friends and benefactors of the 135-year-old Baltimore Catholic health care institution prepared May 19 to officially dedicate the new patient tower, the centerpiece of the $200 million transformation of its 32-acre campus.Read More

A funeral Mass for Baltimore native Father Joseph E. Henry, a Jesuit, was offered May 9 at Madonna della Strada Chapel at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.Read More

At a dinner honoring religious women and men celebrating jubilee anniversaries, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien greets Oblate Sister of Providence Mary Alice Chineworth – a 93-year-old nun celebrating 75 years in religious life. (CR Photo/George P. Matysek Jr.) May 14 was a special day for religious women and men in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Archbishop Edwin...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien ordained 14 new permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Baltimore May 14 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.  You can read all about it in next week's issue of The Catholic Review.  In the meantime, check out this video!UPDATE: The story is postedRead More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien is a man who carries much responsibility on his shoulders. He oversees an archdiocese encompassing nine counties and Baltimore City. He tends to a flock that worships in some 150 parishes. Yet in the midst of focusing on the future of Catholic schools, immigration rights, preventing sexual abuse and encouraging more...Read More