I’ve been trying to decide what to do during Lent this year.I had wanted to give something up, but in my attempt to make 2013 a healthier year, I feel as if I’ve already sacrificed most of my food and drink vices—and not for spiritual reasons.So I had decided toRead More
Can you believe that it will be Ash Wednesday in four days? Time passes by so quickly. It seems like the boxes of Christmas decorations just went back to the attic. And we were finally getting used to the green chasubles at Mass. But in a few short days weRead More
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a National Prayer Movement for the Year of Faith, which ends Nov. 24. The USCCB asks all people of faith to join the movement to pray for our nation, life marriage and religious liberty. Prayer is holy, patriotic, efficacious, a spiritual work of mercy, and it works when...Read More
While Hattie Carroll suffered from chronic hypertension and most likely was diabetic, the accepted wisdom is that she died because of the color of her skin.Read More
It’s time for the Media Review Office of Catholic News Service to offer its top 10 movie selections - and top 10 family films list - for 2012.Read More
A funeral Mass for Sister of St. Francis of Assisi Margaret Mary Sullivan was offered Jan. 16 at Clare Court Convent in Baltimore. Sister Margaret Mary died January 11.Read More
In sexual morality, family life and education, the Baby Boom generation ushered in a series of cultural changes that led to an “anthropological crisis” in American society, leaving younger generations yearning acutely for what the Catholic Church has to offer.Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore experienced a $12.6 million deficit at the close of the 2011-2012 fiscal year, according to an annual report released to the Catholic Review at the end of January.Read More