The Mexican bishops’ conference expressed dismay with a recent Supreme Court ruling, decriminalizing abortion on the federal level. Along with several Mexican pro-life groups, they questioned the validity of the Sept. 6 decision, arguing it applies to the litigant and is not applicable nationwide.
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Father David Allen, S.J., former longtime Good Samaritan chaplain, dies at 87
In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Father Allen served for a year as an assistant chaplain at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. He was chaplain at Good Samaritan from 1982 to 2000. He also served as superior of the Ferdinand Wheeler House in Baltimore for three years.
Federal appeals court allows anti-migrant buoys in Rio Grande to remain for now
A New Orleans-based federal appeals court has issued an order allowing buoys installed by Texas to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande to stay in place for now.
Descendants retrace lives of ancestors enslaved by Jesuits at site of St. Inigoes plantation in Southern Maryland
When Jeremy Alexander found out in 2016 about his family’s connection to slavery and the Jesuits he was sitting at his desk at work at Georgetown University, the institution connected to the story of his ancestors’ bondage and separation and their descendants’ ultimate reunion.
Pope calls out corporate ‘carewashing,’ covering up violations with charity
Workers are human beings, not machines or “spare parts” to be used to drive production and profit at all costs, Pope Francis told members of an organization that advocates for and protects the rights of those seriously injured or disabled on the job.
UK teenager wants to fight for her life, but court denies her wish
A Catholic bioethics institute has criticized a court for denying an “alert and conscious” teenager the legal right to fight a move to put her on end-of-life care against her will.
Karen Montoya brings out best in Spalding students
Montoya was named the Archdiocesan High School Teacher of the Year. She has been teaching chemistry at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn for the past seven years, but her entire teaching career has been with the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Frederick parish marks 260th anniversary with blessing of ‘new’ windows
A capacity congregation filled St. John the Evangelist Church here Sept. 10 to mark not only the 260th anniversary of the oldest parish in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but to celebrate the blessing of newly installed stained-glass windows depicting scenes from Scripture.
Abortions rise in most U.S. states where the procedure remains legal, data shows
Legal abortions most likely increased in the United States in the first six months of 2023 compared with 2020, according to a New York Times analysis of data from the Guttmacher Institute, which opposes abortion restrictions.
Dragon Races draw crowd, raise funds for those in need in Baltimore
After being shut down because of the pandemic, the biennial Dragon Boat Race and Festival, sponsored and hosted by Catholic Charities of Baltimore, were back in business for the first time since 2018.
Responding to Zelenskyy adviser, Vatican bank denies Russian investments
After an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested that a financial relationship exists between the Vatican and Moscow, the Vatican bank said Sept. 9 that it “does not receive nor invest money from Russia.”
Radio Interview: Vocations to the priesthood on the upswing
The archdiocese is seeing increasing numbers of men applying to become priests. Joining us to talk about vocations to the priesthood is Father Steven Roth, vocations director for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.