Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries
A funeral Mass will be offered May 6 for Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia Mary Catherine Lewandowski. Formerly Sister Anne Christi, she died April 30 at age 84.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations
Archbishop William E. Lori will ordain five men transitional deacons during a special 10 a.m. Mass May 3 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. The liturgy marks the final step before their anticipated ordination to the priesthood next year.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The conclave to elect a new pope, scheduled to begin May 7, is governed by two texts: a rule book and a prayer book.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry
The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Office of Family, Youth and Young Adults is establishing the Archdiocesan Youth Missionary Protagonism Lab (AYMP Lab) to reverse the disturbing trend of disaffiliation among young people.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The College of Cardinals confirmed that 135 members are eligible to participate in the conclave, the Vatican announced, and they asked the faithful to accompany them in prayer as they prepare to elect the next pope.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The following is a snapshot of the papacies of the 11 popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed Pope Pius IX.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News
Maryland’s four Catholic universities will feature a gold medalist, two healthcare leaders and a noted biblical scholar as their 2025 commencement speakers.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
True discipleship is not measured by the creeds Christians recite or the theology they know, but by how deeply they love, a cardinal said at a memorial Mass for Pope Francis.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News
The Trump administration has collided with a legal roadblock in its quest to limit the collective bargaining rights of almost 160,000 federal government employees belonging to the National Treasury Employees Union, or NTEU.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries
Alumni and others connected to Calvert Hall College High School in Towson and to the De La Salle Christian Brothers mourned the April 12 death in Philadelphia of Chistian Brother Kevin Stanton at the age of 86, just three days shy of his 87th birthday.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate
Here in Western Maryland near the Appalachian Mountains, Bishop Parker began his priesthood as an associate pastor at St. Peter 25 years ago. Bishop Parker returned to what he called “his number one assignment” to celebrate his silver jubilee with an April 27 Mass.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
When the conclave begins May 7, there will be 117 cardinals who will not be allowed into the Sistine Chapel to take part in the voting process that chooses the next pope.
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