MILWAUKEE – Much more remains to be done to “turn around the culture of an institution” that allowed thousands of children to be abused by priests in the Archdiocese of Dublin, the head of the archdiocese told an international conference on the clergy sex abuse scandal April 4.Read More
It has been very interesting to see the responses and reactions to my letter (CR, Nov. 20), as well as others in support of the sanctity of life. Sadly, from too many of the letters, it is clear that there are those who apparently consider themselves to be Catholic, who do not know what the...Read More
VATICAN CITY – With new problems over visas for foreign priests and the long, ongoing negotiations needed to resolve the tax status of Catholic institutions in Israel, the Vatican’s former ambassador to the country said relations were better before there were full diplomatic ties.Read More
Educating our young people is crucial because they will be the movers and shakers in the coming generation. We should also be proud of the parochial elementary school system which has a proven record in preparing children for higher education and achievement in all walks of life. The Maryland Teachers Association has petitioned for years...Read More
A group of four Catholic physicians in Catonsville found it particularly appropriate to have relics from St. Gianna Molla installed in their Catonsville offices on Nov. 13.Read More
WASHINGTON – The superior general of the Maryknoll order warned Father Roy Bourgeois that he will proceed under canon law to seek the priest’s removal from the order and request that he be laicized unless he recants his belief that women should be ordained as Catholic priests.Read More
Network 2000, a Maryland organization promoting the advancement of women in business, awarded grants to two local programs last month during its annual Women of Excellence luncheon.Read More
Robert Twynham, an internationally known composer of liturgical music and the longtime music director at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, died March 23. He was 80. A memorial Mass is being planned for early May at Corpus Christi in Baltimore, his home parish.Read More