WASHINGTON – It may only continue for a matter of months, but an effective moratorium on executions has spread across the United States while the Supreme Court considers whether the most commonly used combination of drugs for lethal injections constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.Read More
They’ve taught in schools, worked among lepers, ministered to the sick, prepared Catholics for the sacraments and toiled in mission fields across the globe. And that doesn’t even begin to include all their many varied ministries that have touched the lives of countless people.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI presides over his second consistory in late November, inducting 23 new cardinals into the church’s most exclusive body.Read More
ROME – In a world of increasing religious extremism, faith-based diplomacy can offer an effective path for dialogue and international problem-solving, a U.S. expert said.Read More
BALTIMORE – A detailed framework for catechetical instruction for high school students will be given to publishing companies after being approved Nov. 14 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.Read More
For the past several years’ parishioners of St. Cecilia, Baltimore, have paid homage to men and women living with HIV/AIDS and those who have died as a result of the virus with a special service on World AIDS Day.Read More
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – In a conciliatory gesture toward the church, Argentine President-elect Cristina Fernandez received the Vatican secretary of state alongside her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, in Buenos Aires.Read More
The holidays used to be Matthew Brown’s favorite time of the year. But since the 26-year-old Baltimorean became homeless, the approaching season hasn’t seemed so bright.Read More
In a private meeting Nov. 8 at the Catholic Center in downtown Baltimore with Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, Father Raymond D. Martin was asked to resign his position as pastor of the Catholic Community of South Baltimore Nov. 8 because of violations of archdiocesan pol¬icy and canon law.Read More
A Catholic Review staff writer, Chaz Muth, will travel to the Dominican Republic, Nov. 26-30, to bring readers first-hand accounts of conditions there, especially among the poor.Read More
In a private meeting Nov. 8 at the Catholic Center in downtown Baltimore with Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, Father Raymond D. Martin was asked to resign his position as pastor of the Catholic Community of South Baltimore Nov. 8 because of violations of archdiocesan pol¬icy and canon law.Read More