Archbishop William E. Lori has announced clergy appointments, including a new pastor for St. Andrew by the Bay.

There are numerous grants available to aid faith-based organizations in improving their security.

Whether they are in their country of origin or in the United States, many Hispanic families gather every year during the “Day of the Dead” (Día de los Muertos, Día de los Fieles Difuntos) or All Souls Day, celebrated Nov. 2, to remember their loved ones who have died and pray for the repose of their souls.

Deacon J. Donald MacKnew, a deacon at St Margaret in Bel Air for 17 years who was known for his compassionate outreach, died Oct. 17 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.

In the midst of peers who might be non-religious, these “normal” kids, just like Blessed Carlo Acutis, became disciples of Christ not just at church and the streets, but on the web.

In discussing and voting on a document on the Eucharist during their meeting Nov. 15-18, he said, the tone should be pastoral, “not compromising our teaching, not denying that it is possible to exclude oneself from the table of the Lord,” but laying the foundation for the bishops’ multiyear project of helping Catholics better understand, appreciate and celebrate the sacrament.

Father Brian Nolan talks with Monsignor Stephen Rossetti about exorcism and avoiding the power of evil.

The Loyola University Maryland Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Terrence M. Sawyer as the institution’s 25th president – the first lay president in the 169-year history of the Jesuit university in Baltimore.

Christopher Gunty talks with Los Angeles Bishop Robert Barron about the origins of the rosary and the prayer’s contemplative nature. Gunty also talks about military rosaries with Mari Brady, president of Ranger Rosary, and Redemptorist Father Patrick Woods of St. Mary Parish in Annapolis, where the Ranger Rosary ministry began.

For Boursiquot, a basilica parishioner, and the other medical professionals, the liturgy was an opportunity to pray and reflect on the many challenges they have confronted during the coronavirus pandemic.