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January 19, 2012

Archbishop urges end to nuclear arms

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien addressed a symposium connected with the Defense Department July 29, when he called for a nuclear policy that will “bring us closer to a world without nuclear weapons.”
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January 19, 2012

Second amendment supports life

Thank you for “Patron of handgunners?” (CR, July 23). I wholeheartedly agree with John Snyder’s position on our fundamental rights under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. A firearm is an inanimate object. It is neither intrinsically good nor evil. Those that believe that confiscatory gun laws, which deprive law abiding citizens of their...
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January 19, 2012

Indian Catholics welcome prison sentences in anti-Christian violence

NEW DELHI, India – Catholic leaders welcomed the prison sentences a court has given to five people convicted of taking part in the August 2008 anti-Christian violence in India’s Orissa state.
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January 19, 2012

Interfaith discussion on health reform gives timeliness top priority

WASHINGTON - The Rev. Drew Nettinga opened a prayer breakfast July 28 at the U.S. Capitol with a reminder to Congress that he and other people of faith will be vigilant and persistent on the issue of health care reform.
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January 19, 2012

Latest stem-cell advance said to prove again no need to kill embryos

WASHINGTON – The work of two teams of Chinese scientists who created live mice from induced pluripotent stem cells is “another demonstration that researchers don’t need to destroy embryos” to achieve stem-cell advances, according to a pro-life official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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January 19, 2012

Faith grounds new Catholic Charities head

William J. McCarthy Jr. is just getting started Aug. 1 as executive director of Catholic Charities, but his roots in the outreach organization stretch back to high school.
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January 19, 2012

Military spending is necessary

Tony Magliano’s “Genuine patriotism for the Fourth of July” (CR, July 2) was off base in a number of ways. Perhaps most flawed is Magliano’s statement that we as Americans are obsessed with our military. We honor the armed forces (as well as police and firefighters and other emergency personnel) in a special way because...
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January 19, 2012

Mexico jails alleged cartel gunman implicated in cardinal’s murder

MEXICO CITY - An alleged drug-cartel gunman implicated in the 1993 murder of Cardinal Juan Posadas Ocampo of Guadalajara, Mexico, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of weapons-related offenses.
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January 19, 2012

Effort to force Towson Catholic to remain open stalls in court

A Baltimore County judge dismissed an injunction July 24 to keep Towson Catholic High School open.
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January 19, 2012

New pastor for Pasadena parish

As Father Carl F. Cummings prepares to take on a new role as pastor of St. Jane Frances de Chantal in Pasadena, the 65-year-old Baltimorean is focused on getting to know the people of the parish.
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January 19, 2012

Family calls ‘Easter heart’ for 8-year-old a miracle

When Michele Catterton’s 8-year-old-son, Bradley, was lying in a Johns Hopkins Hospital bed this spring, the mother of three went every night to the chapel to pray.
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January 19, 2012

Pope confirms visit to Shroud of Turin; new evidence on shroud emerges

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI confirmed his intention to visit the Shroud of Turin when it goes on public display in Turin’s cathedral April 10-May 23, 2010.
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