Jonathan M. Pitts
The Baltimore Sun
Ellicott City, MD, United States
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Maryland Episcopal priest and Marine veteran elected bishop of military, prison and hospital chaplains
The Rev. Ann Ritonia, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City, has been elected a "bishop suffragan" of the Episcopal church. Ritonia, who served in the Marines, will run a diocese that oversees military and prison chaplains. → Read More
Bill introduced to change Maryland 2024 primary to avoid Passover
Primary dates are specified in Maryland law, which currently calls for the event to fall on the last Tuesday of April in a presidential election year. In 2024, that's the first day of the Jewish holiday of Passover. → Read More
Mayor Brandon Scott, County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. seek to move 2024 primary from Passover
The Democratic and Republican primaries for local, state and federal offices are slated to take place April 23, 2024, in Maryland, the first full day of the Jewish holiday of Passover. → Read More
Southern Baptists oust Baltimore church with female pastor
The nationwide Southern Baptist Convention has ousted a Baltimore congregation, St. Timothy's Christian Baptist Church, and three other churches from its ranks due to the fact they have female pastors, placing them out of alignment with the SBC's statement of faith. → Read More
‘It’s long past time’: Empowerment Temple pastor to walk to D.C. on Presidents Day for reparations
Rev. Robert Turner of Empowerment Temple will walk 40 miles from Baltimore to the White House on Presidents Day to advocate for reparations for slavery. → Read More
At Gov.-elect Wes Moore’s last Baltimore church service before inauguration, hugs of encouragement, prayers of hope
At Southern Baptist Church in Baltimore, congregants hug, salute and pray for fellow member Wes Moore in his final service before becoming governor of Maryland. → Read More
‘Keepers’ survivors file court motion to seek full release of Maryland AG report on Catholic Church abuse
Survivors featured in "The Keepers" series have filed a motion in Baltimore Circuit Court, seeking the full release of the Maryland attorney general's report on Catholic Church abuse. → Read More
Two people killed, three injured in separate weekend shootings in Baltimore
Two men were killed in separate shootings in Southwest Baltimore on Saturday night, Baltimore Police said. → Read More
Steady growth: Maryland woman spearheads fight to preserve America’s old-growth forests
Joan Maloof of the Eastern Shore is pushing for the preservation and protection of America's old-growth forests, which serve as filters for air and water, function as storehouses of genetic information, and represent living remnants of eons gone by. → Read More
New book challenges old ‘myths’ about Maryland’s role in the Civil War
A new book edited by Baltimore historians challenges old notions about Maryland's role in the Civil War. → Read More
U.S. bishops to seek ‘middle way’ on Holy Communion at annual conference in Baltimore
The meaning of Holy Communion will be on the agenda as the U.S. Catholic bishops hold their annual conference in Baltimore. → Read More
Two killed, two injured in weekend shootings in Baltimore
Two men were killed and one was sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries in three separate shootings in Baltimore City Friday night. → Read More
Man fatally shot at Timonium bowling alley
Baltimore County police are investigating a fatal shooting that took place at Bowlero in Timonium Friday night. → Read More
Ousted Empowerment Temple pastor faced business lawsuit, ‘pattern of complaints’ for firm before and during time at Baltimore church
George J. Barnes II, recently ousted as pastor of the Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, had serious problems with his "multimillion-dollar" business before and after he was hired in 2019. → Read More
Hundred-car caravan through Baltimore celebrates King legacy, Black lives, with honking, signs
The Black Lives Matter Interfaith Coalition, a group of 33 churches, synagogues and social justice groups, lead a 100-car caravan through Baltimore in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black lives. → Read More
What Maryland leaders are saying about Joe Biden becoming the 46th president of the United States
Former VP Joe Biden declared winner of Presidential election; Maryland political leaders react. → Read More
Anti-abortion demonstrators paint ’Black Preborn Lives Matter’ outside Baltimore Planned Parenthood
Students for Life of America said it joined with The Frederick Douglass Foundation to organize the painting. T → Read More
Headlines told of a baby found in 1934 near Baltimore’s Penn Station. New DNA tests offer an answer to the mystery.
When Vic Svec took a DNA test, the results filled in the blanks of a Baltimore mystery about an abandoned baby that made the front page of The Evening Sun in 1934. → Read More
A county on Maryland’s Eastern Shore quietly takes down a Confederate memorial, after years of rejecting the idea
A sign to a "uniquely despicable" Confederate general is removed from the grounds of the Wicomico County Courthouse in Salisbury after a three-year grassroots campaign. → Read More
Police investigate shooting involving 11-year-old in Windsor Mill
Baltimore County police have confirmed the shooting of an 11-year-old boy in Windsor Mill. → Read More