Terrorists attacked the United States the first day Dr. B. Curtis Turner spent with his students as the new principal of The Seton Keough High School in Baltimore in 2001. A week later, two of his students were involved in a serious car accident. A week after that, one of those students died from her...Read More
WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s Catholic bishops have warned government leaders and legislators not to back a law allowing in vitro fertilization, adding that the practice resembled Nazi-era eugenics.Read More
Within the last several years, a wave of Catholic school closings has hit several big cities. In 2005 alone, the archdioceses of Chicago and Detroit each closed 18 schools and the Diocese of Brooklyn closed 19 schools. The Archdiocese of Baltimore closed or consolidated 10 schools over the last several years, and the Diocese of...Read More
Three pages (CR, Sept. 30) were devoted to pro-life. Two were very good, because they addressed the importance of the life of an individual. “Bishops ramp up Respect Life” by Catholic News Service was hampered by its disproportionate emphasis on the death penalty. The word “abortion” was written only once in the article, however the...Read More
Two articles on the Opinion Page (CR, Aug. 7) should have been vetted before publication. “The Beautiful American” passed judgment on the Hudson Institute with the words “red flag” and “corporate funded conservative think tank.” If you are going to call a source a liar, do not base your article on acceptance of that source’s...Read More
For more than 100 years the National Catholic Educational Association has dedicated itself to handing Catholic educators the tools to provide stellar learning environments and moral enrichment for the thousands of students enrolled in member schools. As the NCEA prepares for its national convention and exposition April 10-13 in Baltimore – its third gathering in...Read More
WASHINGTON – As in other recent election years, Catholic voting behavior is likely to resemble the voting of the population at large, but there is a growing divide in the political worldviews of various Catholic constituencies.Read More
SHERMAN, Texas – Seventeen parishioners from Houston-area Vietnamese Catholic churches were killed early Aug. 8 when the pilgrimage bus they were taking to Marian Days in Carthage, Mo., ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and crashed onto the road below.Read More
Only in its second year, the Mount St. Joseph High School, Irvington, Rugby Football Club, has already surpassed initial expectations in terms of participation and success. More than 130 students attended an information session on the sport during orientation last fall and head coach Mike Finley was quite frank and upfront, saying, “If you don’t...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Diocese of Colorado Springs said it “does not oppose” a decision by some local public schools to ban rosaries from being worn as an accessory on top of students’ clothing.Read More