George P. Matysek Jr.

Jesuit Father Frank R. Haig, a beloved professor of physics at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and a former president of two Jesuit universities, died Feb. 28. He was 95 and had been living in the Manresa Jesuit Community in Philadelphia.

Bright green plants at Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland in western Maryland owe their existence to fish, drawing nutrients for their growth from the cold-blooded vertebrates' waste. There's no soil around — only fish, water, plants and a system of overhead lighting, all fastidiously tended by students at western Maryland's only pre-K-12 Catholic school.
 

Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Robert Taylor Jr. ruled Feb. 24 that a redacted version of the Maryland Attorney General Office's report on child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore must be released publicly.

Mass celebrated by Cardinal Sarah, was part of the closing celebration of the 200th anniversary of the dedication of the basilica, the first Catholic cathedral built in the United States.

As more than 200 U.S. bishops met in Baltimore  a series of speakers castigated them from across the street at a waterfront pavilion. They were addressing a rally sponsored by St. Michael's Media, also known as Church Militant.

After decades of criticism for its unabashed support of the Confederacy, "Maryland, My Maryland" is closer than ever to being removed as the official song of the "Free State."

Thirteen years after naming a new residence hall at Loyola University Maryland in honor of the Catholic author Flannery O'Connor, Jesuit Fr. Brian Linnane, the university's president, removed the writer's name from the building.

In a virtual meeting with Baltimore priests, a top Maryland physician briefed them on the characteristics of the coronavirus, including how it's transmitted, and he also urged them to take care of their mental health as they help their parishioners through this pandemic.

St. Frances Academy in Baltimore has removed the name of its "Drs. Camille and Bill Cosby Community Center" after Bill Cosby was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman. The letters on the building came down the same day.

Not long after he was booed and heckled while speaking in favor of an open housing bill before the Baltimore City Council in 1966, Cardinal Lawrence Shehan calmly and confidently read his testimony.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down a Baltimore ordinance that would have forced pro-life pregnancy centers in the city to post signs stating they do not provide or refer for abortions or contraceptives.