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January 19, 2012

Poll finds support for raising tobacco tax to fund health care

WASHINGTON – Regardless of their age, gender, race, party affiliation or socioeconomic status, Americans support a 75-cent-per-pack increase in the federal tobacco tax to fund health care coverage for the nation’s uninsured children, according to a new poll.
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January 19, 2012

Judge affirms: Law was bad from the start

Here at The Catholic Review, we’re not lawyers – we don’t even play them on TV – but way back in 2009, we said a bill proposed by the Baltimore City Council aimed at what the city called “limited-service pregnancy counseling centers” was bad law, and bad public policy. It turns out, we were right.
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January 19, 2012

In 2008 election, ballot questions also draw Catholic support, ire

WASHINGTON – When Americans cast their ballots Nov. 4, it won’t be just for the candidates. Depending on what state they live in, they might also be deciding how to define marriage, whether to allow assisted suicide or fund embryonic stem-cell research, who can adopt and other matters big and small.
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January 19, 2012

Article on Bush, pope’s meeting disappointing

I was very disappointed to read the cover article (CR, June 14) and read only one sentence, near the end of the article, that mentions a critical idea about President Bush (the Vatican’s opposition to the war in Iraq).
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January 19, 2012

Western and Central Maryland volunteers honored

Volunteers are often the unsung heroes of Catholic schools. In Central and Western Maryland, they are truly being celebrated.
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January 19, 2012

CCHD ends funding to ACORN over financial irregularities

WASHINGTON – The Catholic Campaign for Human Development suspended funding a nationwide community organizing group after it was disclosed June 2 that nearly $1 million had been embezzled.
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January 19, 2012

Pope meets Orthodox archbishop, calls for prayers for unity

VATICAN CITY – Perseverance and prayer are needed as Catholics and Orthodox work toward full unity, Pope Benedict XVI said, welcoming Orthodox Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus to the Vatican. The head of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus spent five hours with Pope Benedict June 16; his visit included a private meeting, a ceremony to...
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January 19, 2012

Tens of thousands of youths gather for two pre-march rallies, Masses

WASHINGTON – At the first youth rally and Mass for life to be held at the D.C. Armory, nearly 10,000 young people from across the country were urged Jan. 24 to more fully live their Catholic faith and embrace the culture of life promoted “by our soon-to-be-beatified Pope John Paul II.”
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January 19, 2012

Catechists find ties that bind at annual Institute

Hope has become a buzzword in 2008. The Archdiocese of Baltimore sent a clarion call, however, that it is not a passing phrase at its annual Institute for catechists.
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January 19, 2012

Report: Number of Iraqi Christian murders skyrocketed since 2003

WASHINGTON – The number of Christians murdered in Iraq since 2003 skyrocketed compared to murders in 1995-2002, said a comprehensive report based on public accounts from Iraqi Christian sources.
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January 19, 2012

Exorcisms continue to pique Hollywood’s imagination

TORONTO – The exorcism began after Mass as the exorcist and several parishioners gathered around a troubled young man and started praying over him, recalls Father Joseph Muldoon, episcopal vicar of the Ottawa Archdiocese.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic Medical Association adds new life

Amid the business attire, networking and note-taking that marked the Catholic Medical Association’s 77th annual Educational Conference, Patrick Tomeny stood out.
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