Interfaith and ecumenical leaders ready to meet pope and ask prayers for Baltimore February 29, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Local News, News “It’s an opportunity for us to focus collectively and uniquely on a variety of issues and possible resolutions,” Father Donald Sterling said.
Archbishop Lori remembers Justice Scalia February 16, 2016By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Supreme Court “He followed what the church believes and teaches,” Archbishop Lori said.
Scalia, longest-serving justice on current Supreme Court, was champion of originalism February 15, 2016By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Scalia said it wasn’t his job to make policy or law, but to “say only what the law provides.”
A new home: Fleeing violence and oppression, new immigrants find help in Baltimore February 12, 2016By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News The Catholic Church is providing a welcome and a place of refuge for them at a time when many in the wider society want them to go home.
Our Back Pages: Touting marriage in the 1890s February 11, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages Unless a man and woman are willing to give up their individuality for one another in marriage, Father Rooker said, they have no right to marry
Mid-Atlantic Congress attracts largest crowd ever February 10, 2016By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Evangelization, Local News, News “When you’re a disciple in the presence of the Eucharist, something happens to you,” Cardinal DiNardo said. “You’re transformed.”
Finding healing after an abortion in the Archdiocese of Baltimore January 21, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life To help with the trauma of abortion, the Catholic Church offers healing and ministry of presence.
Four Western Maryland churches unite to form Divine Mercy Parish January 19, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate The Archdiocese of Baltimore has announced the formation of a new parish in Western Maryland.
Our Back Pages: Unmasking the mysterious Xavier Rynne January 11, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages Redemptorist Father Francis X. Murphy, the mysterious Vatican insider who used the “Xavier Rynne” pseudonym to publish detailed reports about intrigue at the Second Vatican Council, acknowledged his true identity to readers of the Catholic Review 25 years ago.
The running pastor: Monsignor Hilgartner evangelizes on the road, too January 5, 2016By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News Fit in around morning Mass, prayer is often woven into the solitude of Father Hilgartner’s four-mile runs.
Spiritual shapeup: Kickstart your relationship with God in the new year December 30, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “Nothing is more harmful to the spiritual life than holding back forgiveness to others or not receiving forgiveness for yourself,” Father Buening explained. “Trust God with your weaknesses and difficulties.”
On the pope’s birthday, Archbishop Lori presents him with Maryland gift December 17, 2015By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori presented Pope Francis with a special gift Dec. 17, and it couldn’t have been at a more opportune time.
