In this episode of Catholic Review Radio, Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Joseph Hazboun, regional director for Catholic Near East Welfare Association, a pontifical mission. Hazboun says the situation in the Gaza Strip is unspeakably tragic.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant sentenced Patrick Brice Aug. 7 to one-year home detention and three years’ probation for his attack on two pro-life advocates.

NDMU is collaborating with Milwaukee’s Mount Mary University to address staffing shortages in education and social work, with a joint agreement to increase the number of students with advanced degrees.

A funeral Mass for Religious Sister of Mercy Agnese Neumann will be offered at 11 a.m. on Aug. 11 at St. Joseph in Cockeysville. Sister Agnese died Aug. 2. She was 95.

The Maryland Catholic Conference issued a statement Aug. 6 asking for a renewed commitment to worldwide peace on the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that helped lead to the end of World War II.

Pallottine Father Frank S. Donio, a former pastoral director of St. Jude Shrine in Baltimore, earned the 2025 International Blessed Michael McGivney Medal, the highest honor given annually to a Knights of Columbus chaplain.

Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg is directly addressing Maryland’s growing healthcare crisis with the launch of a new physician assistant (PA) initiative. Recently granted provisional accreditation, it will welcome its inaugural class in January 2026.

Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Jesuit Father Paul Gabor, vice director of the Vatican Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., about the intersection between faith and science.

Sister Rita Ann Naughton (formerly known as Sister Mary Sarto) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary July 23.

The joyful sound of 75 voices singing in praise filled St. Bernardine Catholic Church all the way up to its trademark gold dome July 27 as the church’s beloved choir celebrated its 50th anniversary with a reunion concert.