WASHINGTON – In a flurry of nervous anticipation, the Little Sisters of the Poor in Washington scrambled to finish last minute tasks and escort elderly residents to their seats as they prepared for a Christmas visit by President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush Dec. 18.Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – Pro-life groups are expressing concern about calls by NARAL Pro-Choice California for state legislation requiring pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to post signs announcing they do not refer clients for abortion or birth control.Read More

In the more than 40 years that I have been reading the Catholic Review, I don’t recall writing to either agree or disagree with some article or point of view. However, the July 22 edition includes items that prompt me to do so.Read More

Mayor Sheila Dixon is among participants expected to attend the 15th Annual New Year’s Eve Interfaith Service at St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore Dec. 31.Read More

As 14-year-old St. John the Evangelist, Frederick, parishioner Mary Rios climbed the front entrance steps to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, Dec. 9, the sounds of a mariachi band greeted her as she prepared to experience her first celebration of the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.Read More

The Preparation of the Gifts and the Altar are more than the collection or the practical elements of preparing the bread and wine. This part of the Mass begins the second major part of the celebration, the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Usually a song is sung, again disparate voices are joined together into one voice...Read More

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has revised its procedures for handling priestly sex abuse cases, streamlining disciplinary measures, extending the statute of limitations and defining child pornography as an act of sexual abuse of a minor.Read More

St. John the Evangelist, Hydes, parishioner and Fallston High School student Emily McGraw is working with members of the school’s history club on a project to help soldiers in Iraq.Read More