At the time of the American Revolution, Catholics may have comprised only 1 percent of the total population of the colonies – with the majority of them living in Maryland. Despite their small numbers, Catholics played a role in the founding of the United States of America.

In this episode of Catholic Review radio, Carol Glatz sat down with Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty for a wide-ranging discussion on the joys and hardships of covering the Vatican and the popes.

Extraordinary students graduated from Catholic high schools across the Archdiocese of Baltimore at the end of this academic year. The Catholic Review highlights four of them.

A total of 2,250 students graduated this year from Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, marking an increase from 2,156 last year and continuing a steady trend of strong academic achievement across the system.

Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including pastors, associate pastors, and special ministry assignments

A former president of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Fells Point has been selected as the next superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools.

Notre Dame of Maryland University’s School of Education will partner with three public school districts on a $4.9 million state-funded initiative designed to reduce teacher vacancies and help develop fully licensed teachers, according to a university news release.

The Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies (ICJS) has named Meghan Casey, a partner at Gallagher LLP and parishioner of St. Ignatius in Baltimore, as president of its Board of Trustees effective July 1.

More than 65 teens and more than 50 adult leaders converged on Camp Round Meadow in Catoctin Mountain Park for Baltimore WorkCamp, using it as a base as they spread out to nine worksites staffed by 14 crews to provide home repairs for older residents in need of assistance. 

Major relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the 17th-century French nun known as the Apostle of the Sacred Heart, will be available for public veneration at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore July 5-6 as part of a nationwide tour organized by the Knights of Columbus.