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Our Back Pages: Touting marriage in the 1890s
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
“When you’re a disciple in the presence of the Eucharist, something happens to you,” Cardinal DiNardo said. “You’re transformed.”
Pope Francis and the Evangelicals
(The Church) should lead today as it led two thousand years ago, with the stunning news that Jesus Christ is the Lord, and the joy of that proclamation should be as evident now as it was then.
Finding healing after an abortion in the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has announced the formation of a new parish in Western Maryland.
Our Back Pages: Unmasking the mysterious Xavier Rynne
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
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
“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
Archbishop William E. Lori presented Pope Francis with a special gift Dec. 17, and it couldn’t have been at a more opportune time.
Baltimore Archdiocese completes 20-year solar energy deal with Constellation
The agreement is expected to generate “approximately 20 percent of the archdiocese’s energy needs.”
The legacy of Archbishop John Carroll: The Baltimore Basilica homily on the 200th anniversary of the death of America’s first bishop
Archbishop John Carroll is reposed in the crypt of the Baltimore Basilica (Photos by Patti Murphy Dohn)This past Sunday—December 6, 2015—the Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the legacy of Archbishop John Carroll, America’s first bishop, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on