Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

Bishops support Bishop D’Arcy’s ‘pastoral concern’ for Notre Dame

WASHINGTON – Meeting in executive session in San Antonio, the U.S. bishops expressed “appreciation and support” for Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., especially for “his pastoral concern” for the University of Notre Dame.

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January 19, 2012

Entertainer Ed McMahon, a Catholic University alumnus, dead at 86

WASHINGTON – Known to millions for his trademark “Heeere’s Johnny” introduction as the longtime sidekick to Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show,” entertainer and Catholic University of America alumnus Ed McMahon died early June 23 in Los Angeles at 86.

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January 19, 2012

Washington archbishop leads prayer service after tragic subway crash

WASHINGTON – One day after the deadliest accident in the history of Washington’s Metro subway system, Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl gathered with Metro employees to pray for those who died or were injured in the incident.

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January 19, 2012

Popular religiosity reveals richness of faith

Any pastoral agent working among Spanish speakers quickly encounters a phenomenon very distinctive of Hispanic religious practice – popular religiosity. Included in this broad category would be processions, novenas, religious plays and even dance.

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January 19, 2012

‘Life’ plate marks 10th year; has endured opposition over the years

WASHINGTON – Specialty license plates offer motorists a chance to express pride in sports teams, the military and a variety of organizations, and for the past 10 years a different kind of plate has promoted adoption as an alternative to abortion.

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January 19, 2012

We must right this wrong

I had the opportunity during a weekend retreat for men in Malvern, Pa., to have a conversation with a retired Pennsylvania State Trooper. He told me two stories that have stuck with me.

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January 19, 2012

Father Dietzen needs no further explanation

I thought Father Dietzen’s column on salvation (CR, June 4) clearly covered not only the chasm between God and man, but also God’s generous gifts to us. In response, Elaine Ireland (CR, June 18) states “if our focus is on our own salvation and our reason for doing for others is to gain that salvation,...

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January 19, 2012

More compliments for Father Lombardi

In the first article on the Year for Priests by Father Thomas R. Hurst, it is stated, “ … the priest offers the one perfect sacrifice of Christ when he celebrates the Eucharist. He speaks and acts in the person of Christ. At the same time, he must offer his whole life as a sacrifice...

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January 19, 2012

Celebrating Priesthood

On Saturday, June 13, I had the privilege of ordaining four men to the priesthood of our local Church, two of whom, as far as we can tell, are the first two immigrant priests of Latino descent to be ordained here for this historic Archdiocese.

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January 19, 2012

Minnesota priest injured in Iraq while serving as Army chaplain dies

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Father H. Timothy Vakoc, a Minnesota priest who was reportedly the first Army chaplain to be gravely injured in the Iraq War, died June 20. He was 49.

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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese takes to Washington for immigration reform

Saying they were following in the footsteps of civil rights activists Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dorothy Day, a contingent from the Archdiocese of Baltimore traveled to Washington to pray for immigration reform.

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January 19, 2012

Pope visits tomb of St. Padre Pio, asks priests to imitate him

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy – St. Padre Pio's devotion to the Eucharist, the hours he spent in the confessional and his concrete care for the sick make him a model all priests should try to imitate, Pope Benedict XVI said.

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