Defying the ‘enrollment cliff,’ Catholic universities lean into their mission Clearing the path: 90-year-old becomes first at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital to undergo new heart procedure New clinic expands West Baltimore healthcare Pope Leo urges Peruvian youth to reject lie that sin brings happiness Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Chiclayo an emotional reunion with his ‘beloved’ diocese Local News Clearing the path: 90-year-old becomes first at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital to undergo new heart procedure Jenna Mattern November 14, 2026 90-year-old parishioner of St. Michael in Mount Airy, Dale Solarz, became the first patient at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore to successfully undergo a coronary atherectomy procedure. New clinic expands West Baltimore healthcare Yvonne Wenger November 13, 2026 A new primary care practice will open later this month in the revitalized Edmondson Village Shopping Center, providing West Baltimore residents with greater access to chronic disease management, behavioral health support and social services. Sister Eileen O’Dea, ‘North Star’ of Notre Dame of Maryland University, dies at 92 Kurt Jensen November 12, 2026 Sister Eileen O’Dea, a School Sister of Notre Dame who became known as the “North Star” of what is now Notre Dame of Maryland University after decades in the Baltimore college’s administration, died Nov. 8. She was 92. St. Frances Academy breaks ground on new field Katie V. Jones November 11, 2026 When Oblate Sister of Providence Sister Rita Michelle Proctor taught physical education at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore in the early 1990s, there wasn’t a gymnasium, let alone a football field. Student football players would practice running skills on the side streets and alleys surrounding the school or travel several miles in passenger vans to practice. More Local News World News Defying the ‘enrollment cliff,’ Catholic universities lean into their mission Kimberly Heatherington November 14, 2026 Among Catholic colleges that have so far survived the “demographic cliff” — a steep decline in the number of university-age students, owing to fewer births following 2008’s Great Recession — there runs a familiar theme: Lean into your Catholic mission. Pope Leo urges Peruvian youth to reject lie that sin brings happiness Junno Arocho Esteves November 13, 2026 Pope Leo XIV called on young Peruvians to not give in to the “dangerous suspicion” that following God means sacrificing their personal fulfillment and to reject the belief that they need to sin in order to experience happiness. 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When the resurrection of the body happens all the saint’s remains will not be in the same place. Isn’t this the reason given as to why scattering of a person’s ashes is not OK? “Contextuality” (with apologies to Irving Berlin) George Weigel November 11, 2026 After watching “White Christmas” with the family for the umpteenth time last December, I was moved, perhaps by a demon, to scribble a spoof of the song, “Choreography.” There, Danny Kaye laments “the theater, the theater, what’s happened to the theater/especially where dancing is concerned” – dancing having been replaced by choreography. With deepest apologies to Irving Berlin, I offer my little burlesque here before getting down to some serious business: White Martyr Family George Weigel November 9, 2026 Imagine yourself seventy-eight, diabetic, falsely convicted in a sham trial of threatening national security, imprisoned for over 2,200 days in a maximum-security solitary confinement cell from which you’re only freed for 50 minutes of exercise per day. Could you find it within yourself to respond, when asked whether what you’re enduring is worth it, “Yes, for the glory of God….”? Life is worth living Archbishop William E. Lori November 9, 2026 Most of us would readily agree with the proposition that life is worth living. Most of us would agree with the proposition that human life is endowed by God with dignity. Yet our adherence to that proposition is often tested by a culture which denies the dignity of the human person by laws and policies such as abortion-on-demand and proposals for physician-assisted suicide. Such laws and proposed laws proclaim loud and clear that some lives are not worth living. The day I achieved my Mass attendance goal (and kept going) Rita Buettner November 5, 2026 Truthfully, I wasn’t sure I could attend 226 Masses in 2026. But it’s amazing what you can do when you set a goal. More Commentary Featured Video More than 50 faculty and staff members of Resurrection-St. Paul School in Ellicott City offered a day of service to the once-abandoned St. Mary’s Cemetery Oct. 30, 2026.
Clearing the path: 90-year-old becomes first at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital to undergo new heart procedure Jenna Mattern November 14, 2026 90-year-old parishioner of St. Michael in Mount Airy, Dale Solarz, became the first patient at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore to successfully undergo a coronary atherectomy procedure.
New clinic expands West Baltimore healthcare Yvonne Wenger November 13, 2026 A new primary care practice will open later this month in the revitalized Edmondson Village Shopping Center, providing West Baltimore residents with greater access to chronic disease management, behavioral health support and social services.
Sister Eileen O’Dea, ‘North Star’ of Notre Dame of Maryland University, dies at 92 Kurt Jensen November 12, 2026 Sister Eileen O’Dea, a School Sister of Notre Dame who became known as the “North Star” of what is now Notre Dame of Maryland University after decades in the Baltimore college’s administration, died Nov. 8. She was 92.
St. Frances Academy breaks ground on new field Katie V. Jones November 11, 2026 When Oblate Sister of Providence Sister Rita Michelle Proctor taught physical education at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore in the early 1990s, there wasn’t a gymnasium, let alone a football field. Student football players would practice running skills on the side streets and alleys surrounding the school or travel several miles in passenger vans to practice.
Defying the ‘enrollment cliff,’ Catholic universities lean into their mission Kimberly Heatherington November 14, 2026 Among Catholic colleges that have so far survived the “demographic cliff” — a steep decline in the number of university-age students, owing to fewer births following 2008’s Great Recession — there runs a familiar theme: Lean into your Catholic mission.
Pope Leo urges Peruvian youth to reject lie that sin brings happiness Junno Arocho Esteves November 13, 2026 Pope Leo XIV called on young Peruvians to not give in to the “dangerous suspicion” that following God means sacrificing their personal fulfillment and to reject the belief that they need to sin in order to experience happiness.
Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Chiclayo an emotional reunion with his ‘beloved’ diocese Courtney Mares November 13, 2026 In an emotional homecoming, Pope Leo XIV returned to Chiclayo, the Peruvian diocese he once led, celebrating a Mass Nov. 13 attended by hundreds of thousands of people who were overjoyed to be reunited with their former bishop.
Pope Leo meets with abuse survivors in Peru Junno Arocho Esteves November 13, 2026 Pope Leo XIV met with survivors of abuse by members of the clergy and ecclesial institutions on the first full day of his visit to Peru, the Holy See Press Office said.
Question Corner: Why does the Church allow pieces of a saint’s body to be distributed for relics? Jenna Marie Cooper November 12, 2026 Q: Recently at a Bible study session a discussion came up about relics. Why does the Church allow pieces of a saint’s body to be distributed for relics? When the resurrection of the body happens all the saint’s remains will not be in the same place. Isn’t this the reason given as to why scattering of a person’s ashes is not OK?
“Contextuality” (with apologies to Irving Berlin) George Weigel November 11, 2026 After watching “White Christmas” with the family for the umpteenth time last December, I was moved, perhaps by a demon, to scribble a spoof of the song, “Choreography.” There, Danny Kaye laments “the theater, the theater, what’s happened to the theater/especially where dancing is concerned” – dancing having been replaced by choreography. With deepest apologies to Irving Berlin, I offer my little burlesque here before getting down to some serious business:
White Martyr Family George Weigel November 9, 2026 Imagine yourself seventy-eight, diabetic, falsely convicted in a sham trial of threatening national security, imprisoned for over 2,200 days in a maximum-security solitary confinement cell from which you’re only freed for 50 minutes of exercise per day. Could you find it within yourself to respond, when asked whether what you’re enduring is worth it, “Yes, for the glory of God….”?
Life is worth living Archbishop William E. Lori November 9, 2026 Most of us would readily agree with the proposition that life is worth living. Most of us would agree with the proposition that human life is endowed by God with dignity. Yet our adherence to that proposition is often tested by a culture which denies the dignity of the human person by laws and policies such as abortion-on-demand and proposals for physician-assisted suicide. Such laws and proposed laws proclaim loud and clear that some lives are not worth living.
The day I achieved my Mass attendance goal (and kept going) Rita Buettner November 5, 2026 Truthfully, I wasn’t sure I could attend 226 Masses in 2026. But it’s amazing what you can do when you set a goal.
