PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Even though it was just practice, Chery Sequel shot the ball, got down on his knee, pointed a finger and shouted “Scooooooooore!”Read More
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The agenda President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced for the second half of her term includes issues that some Philippine bishops have targeted as concerns.Read More
WASHINGTON – Cuba released a renowned pro-life activist and political dissident, but sent mixed signals the next day when courts sentenced an American contractor to 15 years in prison for taking telecommunications equipment into the country.Read More
WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has named Monsignor Barry C. Knestout, vicar for administration for the Washington Archdiocese, as an auxiliary bishop of Washington.Read More
WASHINGTON – Since 1899, a Franciscan monastery in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington has been a popular stop for pilgrims who want a glimpse of the Holy Land. The grounds of the monastery feature dozens of replicas of significant Christian sites from Europe and the Holy Land, including many surrounding the life, death and resurrection...Read More
Junko Ito, a reporter for the Tokyo-based Catholic Weekly, filed this first-person report. TOKYO – March 11, when we had the earthquake, I was in Nasu, Tochigi prefecture, which is in an inland area of northeastern Japan. It is 100 miles away from the area that was seriously damaged by the tsunami and earthquake.Read More
UNITED NATIONS – People of faith can help build a brotherhood of humanity that can reach across international borders to achieve world peace, the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said in an address to the General Assembly.Read More
After 30 years working in secondary education at Westminster High School, David Brown is transitioning to the Catholic school system as the new principal of The Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore.Read More
SPRINGIELD, Ill. – The repeal of the death penalty “advances the development of a culture of life in our state,” the Catholic Conference of Illinois said March 9.Read More
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Scouts in Action. The Boy Scouts of America is excited about this great opportunity to spread the good news of scouting given to us by The Catholic Review. Each month, you will get news and information regarding the wonderful and sometimes simple deeds performed by scouts throughout the archdiocese....Read More
For the second time since May, St. Gregory the Great is encouraging citizens to bring guns to its rectory July 21 to get them off of the street in response to an escalating violent-crime rate in the city.Read More