Archbishop William E. Lori in December received a photograph of Ruth in his prime taken during a visit with his New York Yankees teammates to St. Mary’s Industrial School in Southwest Baltimore. Ginny Black of Mount Pleasant, S.C., who discovered it among her late mother’s possessions, mailed the photo to Archbishop Lori.
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Colorado faith leaders express sorrow over attack on rally for release of Hamas hostages
As Boulder residents reeled from a violent attack on peaceful demonstrators June 1 who called for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, area faith leaders expressed sorrow over the attack and urged an end to such violence.
St. Frances Academy plans to welcome middle schoolers
St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore will welcome its first middle schoolers at the start of the 2025-26 school year after receiving approval in May from the Maryland State Department of Education and accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Baltimore Mass to celebrate local charities in time of perilous cuts
To show support for the work done by Catholic Charities, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Catholic Relief Services, the Archdiocese of Baltimore will hold a Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice at 7:30 p.m., June 11, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
The Spirit leads – and Father Romano follows – to Mount St. Mary’s
For a priest who never expected to focus his ministry on vocations, Father Michael Romano has become a leading figure in shaping the next generation of Catholic clergy – and now he’ll do it from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary.
Radio Interview: Baltimore sports broadcaster shares the importance of his Catholic faith
Jim Hunter, the former longtime play-by-play announcer for the Baltimore Orioles and a fixture in Baltimore sports broadcasting, is a devoted Catholic and an active parishioner of St. Mark in Fallston. Mark Viviano talks with Hunter about his years in broadcasting and his journey of faith.
Baltimore native stirs controversy in Charlotte Diocese over liturgical norms
A leaked draft document on revising liturgical norms in the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C., has stirred backlash for its addressing of some practices predating the Second Vatican Council.
Reach out to families; let them know God loves them, pope says
The Catholic Church, its ministers and its members must find new ways to reach out to and welcome families who are distant from the church and have no understanding of how much God loves them, Pope Leo XIV said.
A family’s love grounded in Christ is sign of peace for world, pope says
Families are the cradle of the future of humanity, Pope Leo XIV said during a Mass concluding the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly.
Pope asks priests to be signs of reconciliation in the church and world
In a church and a world divided and fractured, priests are called to be witnesses of God’s love and forgiveness, which reconciles people and makes them one community, Pope Leo XIV told new priests.
How Jesus’ visits to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque spread love of his Sacred Heart
It was a young nun named Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Visitation order at Paray-le-Monial, France, who would become Jesus’ conduit to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart throughout the Roman Church.
Bishops speak up after two Catholic priests killed in Kenya
Catholic bishops in Kenya are demanding a full investigation into the suspicious deaths of two priests within days of each other, calling the incidents deeply disturbing.