Eight survivors of sexual abuse by clergy and religious in the Archdiocese of Baltimore spoke during a court hearing May 20 as part of the archdiocese’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, providing a sometimes-gruesome look into the decades of impact on their lives.

The culmination of a long wait for a new worship space finally happened for patient parishioners May 17 in Ellicott City, where 700 filled the fully renovated and reconstructed Church of the Resurrection to celebrate a new beginning.

The annual “Mass for the Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Mariners and People of the Sea” celebrated at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington honored the memory of six Hispanic workers who lost their lives in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Bishop Adam Parker about the experience of getting onto the Dali and the importance of praying for the crew, their families and those who died in the accident.

Archbishop William E. Lori celebrated the liturgy at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland during Mass packed with family and friends and occasionally rocked with applause and cheers.

The celebration of the Mass in the extraordinary form (also known as the Traditional Latin Mass) in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will be entrusted solely to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, effective Aug. 1.

Meqdim Abera, a fifth-grader from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City, won the Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic School Spelling Bee for the second year in a row, correctly spelling the word “paraffin.”

In addressing more than 200 people at the St. Dymphna Mental Wellness Retreat at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg May 15, Deacon Ed Shoener pointed out that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton faced her own challenges dealing with the inevitable stresses of life.

Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including eight retirements

St. John Paul II’s American biographer, George Weigel, was awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland by President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw May 13.