Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

Archbishop says HHS nomination ‘troubling,’ bad for US health policies

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – The archbishop who told Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius not to present herself for Communion unless she repudiates her support for keeping abortion legal says her nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services does not bode well for health care policies in this country.

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January 19, 2012

Regnum Christi member responds

I have been a member of Regnum Christi for 5 years, and feel that another side must be presented in response to “Archbishop raises concerns over Legion” (CR, Feb. 26).

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January 19, 2012

Leading Voices on Schools

In my column two weeks ago, I provided the text of the address I delivered last month at two separate meetings with parish and school leaders concerning the critical challenges facing our schools. In those remarks I presented an overview of the current state of our schools and an outline of the steps we are...

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January 19, 2012

PEOPLE PLACES THINGS

The middle school students of Catholic Community School in South Baltimore recently donated change from their lunches, collected loose change at home, and performed the “chicken dance” in homeroom to raise $20 to benefit Heifer International, an organization providing farm animals and farming education to families in developing countries. The money purchased a flock of...

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January 19, 2012

RCIA class of 892 largest this decade

Sharon Bogusz could not contain herself when she saw the number of people committing to the Catholic faith in Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion ceremonies.

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January 19, 2012

California woman to be baptized by pope at Easter Vigil

WASHINGTON – This year, parishioners at St. Joseph Church in Modesto, Calif., are more excited than usual about Easter.

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January 19, 2012

Participants called to the faith

“This is really going to happen.” That same thought ran through the minds of Gwen Walton-White, Lisa Russell, Sonia Bui and Gene Luong March 1, as they approached the altar at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

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January 19, 2012

For first time, death penalty repeal goes to full Senate

They marched through the streets of Annapolis, carrying red-and-white signs reading, “Repeal Maryland’s Death Penalty.”

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January 19, 2012

Africa’s poverty, culture counter church efforts to control HIV

LUSAKA, Zambia – Extreme poverty and cultural practices are contributing to the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, despite efforts to control HIV, said church officials.

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January 19, 2012

‘Green index’ has unseen ramifications

After reading about the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility’s “green” index” (CR, Feb. 26), I was struck by the fact that I was reading this article on paper that is distributed by carbon-emitting U.S. Postal Service vehicles.

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January 19, 2012

Taizé pilgrimage helps deepen faith

As dozens of flickering candles gently illuminated the darkened church, hundreds of pilgrims reverently approached an icon of the crucifix laid out in the center aisle of St. Mary of the Assumption in Govans Feb. 27.

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January 19, 2012

Traditionalist order not ready to accept Vatican II, superior says

VATICAN CITY – The head of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X said his order is not ready to accept the Second Vatican Council, which the Vatican has set as a condition for full reintegration in the church.

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