WASHINGTON – A Catholic professor barred from teaching courses on Catholicism after he defended in class the church’s teaching on homosexual behavior has been reinstated by the University of Illinois.Read More
A father of three young children in southern Carroll County was hospitalized, and his wife was overwhelmed running to the hospital and caring for their children.Read More
As Father Jeffrey S. Dauses settles into his new position as rector of Baltimore’s basilica, the 44-year-old Baltimore native already has plans to bolster parish life at the nation’s first Catholic cathedral.Read More
TUCSON, Ariz. – Immigrant African Catholics in the United States are working to define a place for themselves and their cultures amid the melting pot of the U.S. church.Read More
ANNAPOLIS – Standing on the marble floors of the State House just outside the House of Delegates chamber, 12-year-old Cameron Wood was still beaming after his first successful effort as a lobbyist. The seventh-grader from Our Lady of Victory School in Arbutus was one of 400 nonpublic school students who converged on Annapolis March 6...Read More
In response to the column by Father John Dietzen (CR, July 8) in which he attempts to answer the question, “Do abusive priests forfeit power to consecrate bread and wine,” I take exception to his approach to this sensitive and multi-dimensional question.Read More
In the wake of a recent burglary that resulted in damaged doors and stolen computer equipment, St. Joseph in Eldersburg is taking added security measures to protect parish property.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Along with its revised norms for dealing with priestly sex abuse, the Vatican in mid-July released a detailed, five-page history of its treatment of such crimes over the last century.Read More
Even though Bob Reier is a parishioner of St. Louis, Clarksville, he eagerly chips in as an altar server at 9 a.m. each Sunday for the Baltimore basilica’s weekly Latin Mass.Read More
BOGOTA, Colombia – About 15 hooded supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez invaded the offices of the Archdiocese of Caracas, Venezuela, and held a news conference criticizing government opponents, including the church.Read More