While the presidential election is top of mind for the nation this November, Maryland Catholics are focusing on an amendment that would enshrine abortion into the state Constitution.

The archbishop wanted to be with parishioners, he said, “to offer Mass, to pray together, and assure you that the archdiocese will work collaboratively with you in the time ahead.”

Catholics will get a chance to venerate and learn about one of their faith’s more modern and fascinating saints when relics of St. Padre Pio are displayed for veneration Sept. 6 by St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Ijamsville.

A priest was injured in an early-morning fire Aug. 30 that destroyed the historic two-story rectory at St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg.

Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including new pastors and administrators.

Thirty-five Catholics from multiple dioceses gathered virtually Aug. 27 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a letter outlining pastoral guidance on Black Catholic evangelization.

Students from two Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore recently lived a faith experience in which they stepped out of their comfort zone, got to know other realities and appreciated joy in the midst of need in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. 

Soon after a single-car crash occurred late on the night of Aug. 4 on the grounds of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Edgewater, it was clear to Father Zack Crowley and Eileen Thaden that the damage was extensive. And that the hand of the Lord might have been at work.

School bells rang across the Archdiocese of Baltimore on the morning of Aug. 26 as students returned from summer vacation for the first day of the 2024-25 academic year.

A funeral Mass will be offered Sept. 7 for Suplician Father William E. Hartgen at St. Joseph’s on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The former St. Mary’s Seminary and University faculty member died Aug. 12, just weeks before his 90th birthday, in Washington after an extended illness.