Archbishop O’Brien’s column, “Marriage Crossroads” (CR, Feb. 17), was excellent and made sense to me. He gave all the right arguments for maintaining the law that marriage is God’s design and is the union of a man and a woman capable of creating children. This column is an excellent complement to his earlier columns defending...Read More

PITTSBURGH – Theirs is the great untold story of modern Europe – the “secret sisters,” who for more than 40 years under communism took their vows, lived out their calling and kept the faith alive, all in isolation and in constant fear of discovery.Read More

This column will appear a few days before the presidential election. Obviously, some of us will be exhilarated after the election. Our candidate(s) will win! Others of us may feel depressed after the election. Our candidate(s) will lose. Such reactions are normal. We live in a sports-dominated culture. We think in terms of wins and...Read More

I have read and re-read Father Breighner’s heart warming article (CR, May 21, 2010) entitled “Focus on the good in life, not the evil.” It was a well-written story about two women who did nothing but good for others.Read More

Monsignor Martin R. Strempeck, a much-loved priest and former pastor who devoted much of his ministry to comforting others, died Feb. 8. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien offered a funeral Mass Feb. 14 at St. Margaret in Bel, the parish where 82-year-old MonsignorStrempeck had retired but remained active in ministry until three months before his death.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has finished work on a long-awaited document on the psychological testing of seminary candidates.Read More

Demand for nurses far outstrips supply in Maryland, and the gap is growing.Read More

WASHINGTON – A coalition of 51 religious and civil rights groups in the United States are urging congressional leaders to stop upcoming House hearings on Muslim extremism or at least focus the inquiry more broadly by examining violence “motivated by extremist beliefs in all its forms.”Read More