The Institute for Excellence in Writing and the American Life League’s Culture of Life Studies Program are co-sponsoring a pro-life writing contest for middle and high school students.

Dr. Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer prize-winning author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in America,” asserted that poverty can truly be eliminated. But it will require changes in law, habits and attitudes, he said during Catholic Charities of Baltimore’s second Journey to Social Justice symposium Oct. 9.

The Basilica of the Assumption Historic Trust named Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori as an Honorary Custodian of America’s First Catholic Cathedral during the trust’s annual fall meeting.

The Maryland Catholic Conference, which represents the state’s Catholic bishops in Annapolis, is joining other local Catholic leaders in urging Marylanders to vote no on Question 1 – “The Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment.”

Monsignor James W. Hannon, a former pastor and director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s clergy personnel office who was beloved for his pastoral presence to people, died Oct. 6.

More than 300 gathered in Emmitsburg Oct. 6 as the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton hosted the annual Pilgrimage and Mass for the Sea Services.

Nearly 40 people from throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore gathered Oct. 5 at St. John the Evangelist Church in Frederick for hands-on training in how to evangelize, to share their Catholic faith with others and invite them to embrace it as well.

Last December, GEDCO’s food pantry started offering gluten-free/allergen-free food products for the first time. Bridget keeps the pantry stocked through donations from gluten-free companies and collections she holds in her neighborhood.

Listeners of Catholic Review Radio get their chance to ask Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker whatever questions are on their mind in this first-ever “Ask a Bishop” episode of the program.

Father Louis Bianco, rector of Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, said the goal of the lighting project was to restore the original intent of the 1959 lighting design, which had cast warm light throughout the building.