Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

Vatican’s got game: The Holy See’s sports hall of fame is revealed

VATICAN CITY – No one would ever mistake St. Peter’s Square for Giants Stadium. But for centuries, the Vatican has hosted countless competitions and dozens of high-caliber athletes – most of them lay employees, some of them monsignors and popes.

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January 19, 2012

V-chip and beyond: Parental control technology in a multimedia age

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission, under new chairman Julius Genachowski, gave notice in September that it intends to look at parental control technologies and how they are used in the multimedia age.

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January 19, 2012

America must play even-handedly to stop cycle of violence

The Catholic News Service quotes Father Artemio Vitores, former director of Jerusalem’s Franciscan seminary (CR, March 13). When asked about the deadly attack by a gunman on Mercaz Harav Seminary students, he described the attack as “monstrous.” It was indeed. No word could better describe what happened.

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January 19, 2012

Thrifty Iowa man leaves surprise $1.4 million bequest to his parish

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Lifelong bachelor Clair Adams, 95, of Clinton lived simply and was buried in a favorite red fleece jacket that cost $9 at Wal-Mart. What he didn’t spend on himself – an estate worth a little more than $1.4 million – he bequeathed to his parish, Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace in Clinton.

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January 19, 2012

Irish priest uses Nixon quote to describe church after abuse scandal

DUBLIN, Ireland – A Redemptorist priest has used a quote by the 37th president of the United States to describe the situation of the Catholic Church as the Irish clerical sex abuse scandal continues to unfold.

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January 19, 2012

Challenge lukewarm Catholics to help church in U.S.

It used to be said that Roman Catholics were the largest religious body in the United States and ex-Roman Catholics the second largest. Now that needs revising. It seems that former Catholics are only the third largest group, behind Catholics and Southern Baptists. Is this progress?

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January 19, 2012

Notre Dame’s athletic director holds the line on faith and football

INDIANAPOLIS – Jack Swarbrick, athletic director at the University of Notre Dame for the past year, said “a common thread of faith” weaves through every part of his life.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican says Christians, Muslims should unite against poverty

VATICAN CITY – Christians and Muslims share concern and compassion for those suffering in poverty and can find common ground to work toward eradicating both the causes and the problems it creates, the Vatican said.

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January 19, 2012

Sen. Kennedy did not deserve Catholic funeral

There seems to be a minority in the clergy that treats politicians as a favored class of Catholics. The recent funeral of Sen. Kennedy is a good example. As a lifelong Catholic and a fighter for the lives of the unborn since Roe v. Wade, I can’t help but feel extreme frustration that this man...

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January 19, 2012

No neutrality on funding

At the end of Archbishop O’Brien’s column (CR, Sept. 3) was a quote from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops stating their vision of health care reform “will take care to be abortion neutral.” There is no neutral. Current case law states that unless a law expressly forbids funding abortion, the presumption is that abortions...

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January 19, 2012

The Gaza I Live

Most Americans think of Gaza as a place of suffering and militancy, but the reality is that Gaza is home to some of the most inspiring and creative people in the Middle East. For the past two years, as the area’s representative for Catholic Relief Services, I’ve traveled there as much as I can. I...

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January 19, 2012

Fencers raise thousands for Sister’s Academy

For the second year in a row, Dan Collins, senior director of media relations for Mercy Medical Center, and longtime friend, teacher and sport advocate Ray Gordon took part in the Chesapeake Fencing Club’s second annual Megabout, a fundraising effort for the Sisters Academy of Baltimore.

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