Father Gregory Rapisarda, revered for his accompaniment of the sick, dies at 78 December 11, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Gregory Rapisarda, who was beloved for his selfless outreach to the sick, died Dec. 10. He was the longtime Catholic chaplain at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore.
Saved by an angel? Baltimore Catholics recall life‑changing moments December 10, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Saints Across the country – and across faiths – millions of Americans say they believe in unseen protectors who watch, warn and sometimes intervene. A 2023 Associated Press-NORC poll found that about seven in 10 U.S. adults believe in angels.
No, Grandma is not an angel December 10, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News Dr. Matthew Dugandzic, academic dean and associate professor of moral theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park, explained that people are created to be human – not angels.
Artist helps transform blight to beauty throughout Baltimore area December 3, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News As the clang of passing light-rail trains filled the air, Erin Meye concentrated on touching up a large mural she had completed a few weeks earlier outside Options@328, a pro-life pregnancy resource center in Baltimore that shares a wall with Planned Parenthood.
Tears and prayers greet St. Thérèse relics in Towson November 26, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Video Well more than 1,000 people of all ages reverently filed past the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux during a two-day stop in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Eyes on Christ November 18, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Feature I never did walk on water that summer long ago. But I learned that the true miracle is not defying gravity. It is allowing Christ to steady me when I sink, to calm the storms swirling around me and draw me into worship even in the midst of chaos.
Las reliquias de Santa Teresa de Lisieux llegan a Baltimore November 14, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español Guardados en un relicario ornamentado de 136 kg, los objetos han viajado desde la Francia natal de santa Teresa como parte de una peregrinación que conmemora tanto el centenario de su canonización como el Año Jubilar de la Iglesia católica.
New director of Office of Life, Justice and Peace hopes to promote dignity of all November 10, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Collin Kourtz, a 34-year-old Virginia native who earned an engineering degree from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, took on his new role this fall in the archdiocese’s Institute for Evangelization, succeeding Erin Younkins.
Relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux coming to Baltimore November 5, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Saints Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will again have the opportunity to pray in the presence of St. Thérèse’s relics – some of the bones of the beloved saint – when they return to the Carmelite Monastery Nov. 25-26.
Joyful witness and strong leadership spark surge in vocations in Archdiocese of Baltimore October 13, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations This year, 12 men – ages 18 to 35 – have been accepted as seminarians for the archdiocese, including one from Colombia and another from Western Maryland. In total, 60 men are now preparing for the priesthood – up from 28 in formation in 2007 and 52 in 2020. Within the next three years, 22 priests are expected to be ordained.
Dundalk faith community considers options for St. Rita Church October 7, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come Three months after a lightning strike sparked a devastating fire at St. Rita Church in Dundalk, parishioners are weighing in on the future of the heavily damaged building as part of a discernment process that will help Archbishop William E. Lori decide how to move forward.
Book details Redemptorist priest risking everything to reveal hidden dramas of Vatican II October 6, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News Richard A. Zmuda, a parishioner of St. Mary in Annapolis and author of “The Mole of Vatican Council II: The True Story of Xavier Rynne,” tells the tale behind the pseudonym: Redemptorist Father Francis Xavier Murphy, the priest who became Vatican II’s whistleblower.
