World & Nation
The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore said it filed for Chapter 11 reorganization days before a new state law removes the statute of limitations on child sex abuse charges.
Sept. 29, 2023
The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore will close one of its churches after its longtime pastor was recently suspended from the ministry.
Nov. 6, 2023
The DNA sample taken from a Catholic priest who died in 2001 does not match evidence from the unsolved 1969 killing of Baltimore nun Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik, Baltimore County police said.
May 18, 2017
Scandal: Cardinal also releases a list of clerics accused of molestation. Some of the allegations dated to the 1950s.
Sept. 26, 2002
California
To mark the 75th anniversary of one of the oldest parishes in the San Fernando Valley area, Cardinal Roger M.
Sept. 23, 1995
Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis — even in Baltimore, home to a historic Black Catholic community.
Nov. 30, 2023
Leaders of the first Roman Catholic archdiocese to divest itself of holdings in companies doing business in South Africa said they hope to spur the nation’s bishops into endorsing similar protests.
Aug. 30, 1986
More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused more than 600 children over the last 80 years.
April 5, 2023
The Vatican has given the Baltimore archdiocese permission to make a case for sainthood for Elizabeth Lange, a Baltimore nun who founded the first order of black nuns.
May 18, 1991
Pope John Paul II plans to break bread with the poorest of the poor at a church-run soup kitchen after celebrating Mass with thousands of worshipers in Baltimore next month.
Sept. 21, 1995