Leaders of the Redemptorists and the Archdiocese of Baltimore are considering a plan to close 159-year-old St. Michael in Fells Point and relocate parishioners to Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown.Read More

Here’s a very strange story out of Greece. A monk, along with two other people, was arrested at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens, Greece after security personnel discovered the remains of a human body in their luggage as they tried to board a flight to Cyprus. The remains of Eleni Vathiadou, a former nun,...Read More

It’s been eagerly anticipated for years.  Now it’s a reality. Pope John Paul II will be beatified May 1.  Here’s a small snip from the official decree issued today in Rome: Pope John Paul II waves to an estimated 60,000 people in Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore Oct. 8, 1995. The liturgy was held...Read More

Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder It’s a sad reality that Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder has become linked to the Westboro Baptist Church. The 20-year-old Marine was killed nearly five years ago when his Humvee overturned in Iraq. During his funeral, Westboro protesters held anti-gay and anti-Catholic signs outside St. John in Westminster – inexplicably insisting that Snyder’s death was...Read More