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January 19, 2012

Gibbons football off to fresh start as quarterback returns from Israel

With a new coach in 1987 alum Scott Ripley, the football program at The Cardinal Gibbons School, Baltimore, is ready for a change.
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January 19, 2012

Polish teen lives with Garrett County family

When Karolina Pioro was chosen as a foreign exchange student to the United States, the 17-year-old Polish teen thought for sure she would be living in a metropolis with bustling streets and tall buildings. After arriving in the tiny Western Maryland community of Grantsville in late August, she was surprised to discover a wholly different...
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January 19, 2012

In Respect Life message, cardinal promotes world vigil for life Nov. 27

WASHINGTON – In a message marking Respect Life Month in October, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities called on U.S. Catholics to join Pope Benedict XVI in a worldwide vigil “for all nascent human life” on the Saturday evening of Thanksgiving weekend.
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January 19, 2012

St. Augustine a mother church for black Catholics

Last week St. Augustine Church in Washington, D.C., celebrated its 150th anniversary. St. Augustine is often referred to as the “Mother” Church of black Catholics in Washington. (When it was founded, St. Augustine was part of the Archdiocese of Baltimore).
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January 19, 2012

Early church grew thanks to married couples

VATICAN CITY – From the earliest days of Christianity, the faith was nourished and the church grew thanks to the commitment of believing married couples, Pope Benedict XVI said. Continuing what he described as a verbal “portrait gallery” of important figures in the early church, the pope focused his Feb. 7 general audience remarks on...
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January 19, 2012

Virginia executes woman; Kentucky execution stayed indefinitely

WASHINGTON – Virginia executed 41-year-old Teresa Lewis with a lethal injection Sept. 23, making her the first woman to be executed in the commonwealth since 1912 and only the 12th woman to be put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
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January 19, 2012

Picture worth a thousand words? Mandating ultrasound before abortions

WASHINGTON – State by state, Catholics and others in the pro-life community are accomplishing a mission that they hope will give pregnant women considering an abortion the clearest proof yet that their action would still an unborn child’s beating heart.
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January 19, 2012

Nonpublic schoolteachers eligible for scholarships

Teachers in Maryland Catholic and other nonpublic schools are eligible for the first time to receive state scholarships to pursue teaching careers in fields with a critical teacher shortage, thanks to legislation the Maryland Catholic Conference helped pass last year. The awards will be available for the 2007-2008 academic year. The deadline to apply is...
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January 19, 2012

Golden jubilee a “new beginning” for St. Thomas More Parish

St. Thomas More concluded its 50th anniversary with a closing liturgy and banquet Sept. 19. If you listen to parishioners and church leaders, however, things are just getting started at the parish in northeast Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Lobby night is Feb. 19

Maryland Catholics are urged to rally at Lobby Night in Annapolis Feb., 19, Presidents’ Day, to learn about important public-policy initiatives and meet their elected state officials. The 23rd annual Lobby Night, sponsored by the Maryland Catholic Conference, will begin at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s School, Marian Hall, with issue briefings. The briefings will...
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January 19, 2012

In major speech, pope lays out vision of religion’s role in public life

LONDON – In a major address to British cultural and political leaders, Pope Benedict XVI warned that Christianity risks being marginalized in Western societies and said the “voice of religion” must be heard in the public square.
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January 19, 2012

Become evangelists for forgiveness

WASHINGTON – Use of the sacrament of penance makes each Catholic “an evangelist for the forgiveness of Christ and a witness to God’s wondrous mercy,” said Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl in his first pastoral letter as head of the Washington Archdiocese. Archbishop Wuerl called confession “a great gift” that offers new life in Christ. “When...
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