PHILADELPHIA – When Nancy Frankowski walks to church, she is confronted with scaffolding covering much of her beloved Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul so that workers can refresh the exterior of Philadelphia’s 147-year-old Catholic structure.Read More

Those urging the University of Notre Dame to rescind President Barack Obama’s invitation to speak at graduation have very short memories (CR, March 26). Then President George W. Bush spoke on the very same campus in 2001. He was ostensibly pro-life, but it is an undeniable fact that during his six years as chief executive...Read More

I don’t look at the Catholic Church the same anymore.Read More

Retirement did not cause Mary Elizabeth Sweeney to slow down, or to lose any of the attention to detail and personal touch that made her such a towering asset to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The life of Ms. Sweeney, known as Betty, was celebrated at a Mass of Christian burial at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore...Read More

When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was installed as the spiritual shepherd of the Archdiocese of Baltimore nearly four years ago at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, he made a simple pledge.Read More

Stephen Peroutka is convinced that education is the way to change hearts and minds on abortion and other issues of life and death. That’s why the parishioner of Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville has launched National Pro-Life Radio, an Internet-based network that broadcasts pro-life programming 24 hours a day.Read More

I am most grateful to Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, who has given me permission to reprint a recent article of his. The second part appears this week. I am very well aware of the contentious nature of this issue among our people. I hope that Archbishop Gomez’ distinctive approach would be helpful...Read More

Eighth-grader Ashley Fitzpatrick once had the opportunity to sing on the stage of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with her St. Clare School classmates, but she was out of town.Read More