BELLEVUE, Wash. – Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of Oakland, Calif., urged his fellow bishops June 15 to fight back in the war of words over efforts to redefine traditional marriage.Read More
The visual and performing arts talent in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Catholic middle and high schools will be on display March 23 at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.Read More
VATICAN CITY – An Italian legislative proposal that would grant some legal rights to unwed couples – including same-sex partners – has set the stage for a major church-state showdown. On one side is a wide spectrum of Italian social and political forces, including many lay Catholics, who say the bill would end discrimination against...Read More
VICTORIA, Texas – Archbishop Matthias K. Nketsiah of Cape Coast, Ghana, said he is excited that his country can provide Catholic priests to serve as missionaries in other countries facing a priest shortage, because he sees it as a way to repay the West for fostering the church in Ghana.Read More
Three words, “crazy about chocolate,” on a www.match.com profile was what ultimately linked Ben Hauser and Jenny Weber as business partners and spouses.Read More
Lent is a time of prayer, a time of penance and a time for sacrificing to draw closer to Jesus and his ultimate sacrifice, said Father James Farmer, pastor of St. Ursula, Parkville, while sitting in his corner office reflecting on how his parishioners and Catholics everywhere can make the most out of the Lenten...Read More
WASHINGTON – Seventy-five-year-old Bob Hentzen, the president and co-founder of the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, ended his 17-month, 8,000-mile walk across 12 countries to show solidarity with the poor June 6.Read More
WASHINGTON – Pro-life activists quickly denounced President Barack Obama’s Jan. 23 signature on an executive order reversing the Mexico City policy, a move that clears the way for the federal government to provide aid to programs that promote or perform abortion overseas.Read More
When Stephanie “Stevie” Richards told her new husband to wash the dishes, he responded that it was not a man’s job. “In this house it is,” retorted the bride. The young girl’s stance may have been somewhat brazen for the year 1933, but Mrs. Richards knew she had married a pampered young man spoiled by...Read More
In this special section, The Catholic Review salutes the 2,516 graduating seniors of 20 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More
Cardinal William H. Keeler will celebrate a 1 p.m. Mass in honor of the life of Mother Mary Lange on Feb. 8 at Mount Providence Chapel in Arbutus, 701 Gun Road.Read More
IMMACULATA, Pa. – The Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore and three Immaculate Heart of Mary congregations have publicly pledged to fight racism, acknowledging “that the dynamics of racism influenced our beginnings and impacted the unfolding of our four histories.” “Racism led to barriers of separation among us for over a century,” they said in...Read More