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Baltimore’s Church Attendance Plummets, and No One Is Looking for Causes

by David Cyr May 23, 2024May 23, 2024

This year, the number of people who regularly attend Mass in downtown Baltimore has hit its lowest point in recent times. The city was once home to 250,000 practicing Catholics as recently as the fifties. Now, the number of people who regularly go to Mass has dropped to a mere 2,000. That is an over … Read more

Why Baltimore’s Little Italy Is A Remarkable Organic Community

by Edwin Benson February 12, 2021February 8, 2021

No one in the City of Baltimore ever forgot it. A little before 11:00 a.m. on February 7, 1904, a fire broke out in a commercial building that quickly engulfed the downtown area. The local fire companies lost hope in extinguishing the spreading fire. They dynamited buildings in the fire’s path to create a firebreak, … Read more