Blessed Michael J. McGivney was a priest of the Eight Beatitudes because he lived them “so consistently and thoroughly” as a parish priest and as the founder of the Knights of Columbus, said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, the Knights’ supreme chaplain.

More than 150 million Americans are expected to cast ballots this year. Father Isaac Makovo will be among those voting in a presidential election for the first time.

What is a saint and how do you become one? Father Jesse Bolger has the answers and also introduces us to some of the saints of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

During National Vocation Awareness Week Nov. 1-7, the Archdiocese of Baltimore will offer daily video reflections.

Archbishop William E. Lori, Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the beatification of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, Nov. 1 at noon from Saint Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn.

Blessed Michael J. McGivney was “an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance” because of his “zeal” for proclaiming the Gospel and his “generous concern for his brothers and sisters,” Pope Francis said in his apostolic letter of beatification of the founder of the Knights of Columbus.

Mount St. Joseph High School scored a 3-1 victory against Archbishop Curley High in its opener in a newly formed Catholic soccer league.

Watch a livestream of the Oct. 31 beatification of Father Michael McGivney beginning at 11 a.m.

This edition of Names and Numbers highlights special honors Catholic schools.

Sister Corinne Marie Manzi, who spent 37 of her 72 years as a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur ministering in education in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Oct. 28 at Maria Health Care Center in Baltimore. She was 89.