A relic of St. Francis of Assisi – a fragment of the very cord he wore around his waist – will travel from Assisi, Italy, to the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City for an outdoor live Nativity prayer service Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.

The true spiritual center of the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat Center in Sparks has been reconstructed in a way that better leads retreatants to encounter a central part of the Catholic experience: Jesus in the Eucharist.

Loyola University Maryland forensic science students recently played a pivotal role in helping identify a woman who died in 1971, bringing a family some closure in one of Howard County’s oldest homicide cold cases. 

Catholic Review Radio host Mark Viviano talks with Baltimore-area attorney Mark Scheuerman, a devout Catholic and parishioner of St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park, whose faith is the foundation of his legal practice.

As the holiday season approaches, St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore is reaching out for support for its Adopt a Family program. 

A funeral Mass for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Agnes Rose McNally was offered Nov. 14 at Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus. Sister Agnes Rose died Nov. 6 in Worcester, Mass. She was 97.

The violence is organized, systematic and serves a chilling purpose. Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – some as young as 6 months old – endure what Dr. Denis Mukwege described as “extreme sexual violence,” their bodies used as weapons in a war fueled by the world’s insatiable demand for minerals.

A funeral Mass for Sister Katherine O’Neil (formerly known as Sister Mary St. Germaine) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was offered Nov. 20 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Dunmore, Pa. Sister Katherine died Nov. 13. She was 84. 

Tell us your favorite Christmas carol and what makes it so special to you!

Here are five things to know ahead of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football clash between Baltimore-area Catholic schools Calvert Hall Cardinals and Loyola Blakefield Dons.