The judge overseeing the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization case issued an order May 2 that will allow those who filed claims in the case to also file lawsuits against the archdiocese and affiliated entities in order to preserve their rights under an amendment this year to the Maryland Child Victims Act.

One of the voices heard during the funeral of Pope Francis was Kielce Gussie, a Vatican journalist who had the honor of proclaiming the first reading at the Mass.

St. Mary, a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School, has also set high academic goals alongside its faith-centered mission.

Before the College of Cardinals elected U.S.-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the next supreme pontiff May 8, students across Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore were holding their own mock conclaves – complete with rituals, research and reverence.

Many of the approximately 100 people who gathered at a cathedral adorned with yellow and white papal bunting expressed shock at the election of an American pope. But there was also a sense of excitement.

As French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced to the world May 8 that Cardinal Robert F. Prevost had been elected as the successor to Pope Francis, Archbishop William E. Lori and several of his closest advisors appeared visibly stunned.

Across the Archdiocese of Baltimore, a renewed call to missionary discipleship is taking root. It is most recently outlined in “A Light Brightly Visible 3.0,” a pastoral letter released Ash Wednesday by Archbishop William E. Lori, and was the foundation of the archdiocese’s Seek the City to Come pastoral planning initiative that merged 61 Baltimore-area parishes into 30 worship sites.

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, accepted the “Gianna Beretta Molla Award” on behalf of the Knights of Columbus April 3 during the Columbia Pregnancy Center’s annual fundraising gala. 

As the first Knott Secondary Scholarship recipient from Western Maryland, Joseph Khachan fits the foundation’s mold nearly perfectly – pairing academic success with community involvement. 

Becoming foster parents for children in need was basically a no-brainer for Kevin and Rachel Okun.