While Catholics are normally obligated to attend Mass on the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, they are not required to do so this year because the Aug. 15 feast falls on a Saturday.Read More
ROME – The seven deadly sins are still key to understanding and healing the social and personal ills plaguing humanity today, said an influential Jesuit journal.Read More
Collecting and recycling drink pouches, planting bay grasses and installing organic gardens are just some of the myriad activities Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have engaged in as they “go green.”Read More
In the May 22 issue, The Catholic Review printed a brief article about the Vatican astronomer saying it’s okay to believe in aliens, a position that was criticized in a letter by Louie Verrecchio on May 29. Mr. Verrecchio says that all forms of life are sinful and in need of redemption.Read More
Your snarky cartoon (CR, July 30) was too mocking and misleading and unworthy of a Catholic newspaper. May the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace. The newly proposed health care reform is scary, especially for the elderly. It mocks their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Where are the watchdogs...Read More
ROME – Pope Benedict XVI urged the international community to combat the causes of hunger, saying starvation and malnutrition were unacceptable in a world that can produce plenty to eat.Read More
Two hundred years after St. Elizabeth Ann Seton arrived in Emmitsburg to found a ministry of education, hundreds of Catholics will commemorate her entry into town as they witness a live Aug. 2 reenactment complete with a horse-drawn Conestoga Wagon. The special event is one of the highlights of a weekend of bicentennial celebrations July...Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Shroud of Turin, revered by many as the burial cloth of Christ, will be displayed to the public for the first time in a decade in 2010.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Three theologians who teach in the United States were appointed to second terms on the International Theological Commission, an advisory board to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.Read More
ST. LOUIS – When Archbishop Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis ordained nine men to the priesthood for the archdiocese May 24, it was the largest ordination class for the archdiocese since 1987.Read More
Through the good graces of Bill and MaryAnn Albaugh I was invited to give the invocation before the Towson Fourth of July Parade. I received a number of requests for that prayer, so I thought I would reprint it, along with some additional commentary.Read More
Although I have visited all our parishes – however briefly in most cases – and a couple of dozen elementary schools to date, I’ve managed so far only a handful of high schools. In celebrating Mass for the students at Mount St. Joseph, Archbishop Curley and Calvert Hall, I have come to realize that the...Read More