Redemptorist Father Arthur “Artie” Gildea, who served as pastor of St. Wenceslaus and Our Lady of Fatima in Baltimore, died at the St. Alphonsus Villa, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., March 29. He was 80.

Pope Francis once again pleaded for an end to the bloodshed and violence in Ukraine after images of innocent civilians apparently executed in Bucha sparked outrage and horror around the world.

Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker blessed the new course at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in northern Baltimore County April 3 and took one of the first rides down the 750-foot zip line, one of three zip lines on the property; the other two lines run 300 feet each.

Inflation and supply issues have affected the classroom, offices and even the school buses for churches and schools throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Mother Mary Lange, who founded the first Black Catholic school in the United States and the first religious order for women of color, is an example of courageous resilience the church needs, say members of her order, the Oblate Sisters of Providence.