Archbishop William Lori announced clergy appointments for the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Calling it “unconstitutional” and “unfair,” the Maryland Catholic Conference expressed its continued opposition to legislation approved March 10 by a State Senate committee that would treat private institutions such as the Catholic Church differently from public institutions in civil liabilities faced for child sexual abuse.

As Maryland’s General Assembly considers bills permitting physician assisted suicide and that would allow voters to decide on whether to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right in the state, Maryland’s Catholic bishops led a Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers on March 9 at St. Mary in Annapolis.

Mother Seton School freshened up its learning facilities by adding a new media center.

The canonization cause of Mother Mary Lange, founder of the world’s first sustained women’s religious community for Black women, has taken a step forward.

Irish dance is both individual and communal, Father Frain said, much like the practice of the Catholic faith.

Mercy High School graduate Ashley Kowalski, project leader for international partnerships at The Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles, has made a career of accepting challenges.

A small army of lobbyists descended on the Maryland General Assembly March 2, but instead of wearing suits and dresses, they wore polo shirts and khaki pants, a variety of plaid skirts, brightly colored sweaters and sweat jackets with their schools’ names and logos.

Monsignor William F. Burke’s easy-going style enabled him to lead a Northeast Baltimore parish for more than four decades while serving as the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s driving force for social justice, according to those beside whom he served and labored. Monsignor Burke, a Baltimore native and mentor to dozens of the region’s priests, died March […]

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Kim Daniels, director of the Initiative about its 10th anniversary and how Catholics can help participate in a civil discussion with others – even if they disagree.