The burgeoning youth group at St. Gregory the Great in Baltimore was host July 12 to a 2009 Youth Day, with the theme “Generation Changers: Yes We Can.”Read More
The cover photo of last week’s Catholic Review captured so well both the Pallium Mass itself, as well as the emotions it evoked! After much prayer and anticipation, the moment captured in the photograph provided an emotional spiritual crescendo for me and, I hope, for the many pilgrims who journeyed to Rome. Now, a little...Read More
WASHINGTON – Plaudits for Dr. Regina Benjamin from an archbishop and colleagues and even her receipt of a pontifical medal may not be persuasive enough evidence of her credentials as a Catholic who supports church teaching for critics questioning whether she would become an advocate for legal abortion if she is confirmed as surgeon general.Read More
Richard V. Siejack was installed as state deputy of the Maryland State Council Knights of Columbus during a June 20 Mass at St. John the Evangelist in Hydes.Read More
George Weigel reminds us in his latest column (CR, June 19) that there was indeed a time, not so long ago, when the bishops of America were willing to seriously discuss important issues of peace and justice. I agree with him that “Today, it is virtually impossible to imagine the bishops’ conference taking on a...Read More
VATICAN CITY – When President Barack Obama steps into the pope’s private library in the Vatican July 10, he will become only the 12th U.S. president to do so.Read More
Across Baltimore and the nation, prices at the gas pump and grocery store are skyrocketing. Housing sales have slowed to a crawl and the unending debate of how to reform Social Security will be a key issue in the presidential debates over the next few months.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI dedicated a portion of his new social encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”), to the urgent duty to share the earth’s resources equitably and safeguard the environment for future generations.Read More
WASHINGTON – Facebook and MySpace, the two most popular social networking sites on the Web, have practically become household names, but a Catholic Delaware man who has started a networking site for Catholic parishes hopes he can get some recognition of his own.Read More
WASHINGTON – No matter the night, someone sleeps in St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Scituate, Mass. It’s been that way since October 2004.Read More
As I was leaving the hospital in May after treatment for my blood clots, another priest was returning to the hospital. I would have an extension of life. The life of Father Kevin Brooksbank would end at age 35.Read More