To Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien – congratulations on your clear, concise statement regarding the confusion set upon all of us by the University of Notre Dame and by our neighbor, Georgetown University, which sheepishly pretended not to be Catholic by removing the crucifix, etc. at the request of the White House.Read More

THRISSUR, India – Catholic leaders in Pakistan and Pope Benedict XVI have condemned the assassination at an election rally of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, leader of the opposition Pakistan People’s Party.Read More

AMMAN, Jordan – Pope Benedict XVI’s first stop in Jordan was at a church-run facility for people with disabilities, a place he said demonstrates how suffering can change people for the better.Read More

KAUKAUNA, Wis. – A Wisconsin man accused of causing his pregnant girlfriend’s abortion by spiking her drink with RU-486 is being prosecuted under the Wisconsin fetal homicide law that classifies unborn children as potential crime victims.Read More

ROME – The newly premiered movie “Angels and Demons” is little more than “harmless entertainment,” with many factual errors and little cultural value, according to the Vatican newspaper.Read More

The traveling chalice at St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon, might not travel much farther than parishioners’ dining room tables, but it’s part of the road to vocations, a road paved with prayer.Read More

Based on my personal observations and conversations, and after reading The Catholic Review over a period of time, it appears that the 44th president of the United States has brought forth and made clear a schism that is playing havoc in today’s Catholic Church in America.Read More

ANNAPOLIS – With issues like same-sex marriage, the death penalty and immigration likely to dominate much of the upcoming session of the Maryland General Assembly, it’s shaping up to be a contentious year in Annapolis.Read More