CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar has asked Catholic universities in Africa to come up with ways that the church can meet the continent’s “formidable challenges,” said a member of the symposium’s standing committee.Read More
Russell Shaw’s recent column (“Catholics Not Claiming to Be Better Than Others,” CR Aug. 2) was one of the best efforts I have seen so far in trying to explain the supposed true motives of Pope Benedict’s recent attempt to drive home the point that the Catholic Church is special in the eyes of God.Read More
HONOLULU – While the large tsunami waves predicted to hit Hawaiian coastlines Feb. 27 turned out to be much smaller and left no damage, local Catholics took the threat seriously.Read More
The mid-August heat traditionally drives Marylanders to the beach and other vacation destinations, and the pews at Catholic churches throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore are not expected to be filled during the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.Read More
LONDON – The Catholic bishops of England and Wales welcomed new guidelines governing prosecutions in assisted suicide cases, saying that the most vulnerable people are better protected under the revisions.Read More
Just before his freshman year of high school, Kevin Steenberge and his family moved from New Jersey to the Clarksville area. As a way of connecting with folks, Steenberge was hired by Monsignor Joseph L. Luca, pastor of St. Louis in Clarksville, to serve as their Monday evening receptionist.Read More
In the Year for Priests, three speakers will address aspects of the priestly life during the John Carroll Lectures held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.Read More
NEW ORLEANS – Manifesting joy and living a life of holiness are fundamental ways to attract young African-American men to consider a vocation to the priesthood, Redemptorist Father Maurice Nutt of Memphis, Tenn., told the joint convention of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and the National Black Sisters’ Conference July 25. The conference, attended...Read More
Carolyn and Karl Schumaker will go anywhere to protect and pray for life. The parishioners of St. Mary’s in Annapolis drove through more than an hour of evening traffic to take part in a “40 Days for Life” gathering at St. Agnes parish in Catonsville Feb. 16.Read More
TIERRA BLANCA, Mexico – On a recent evening at the Guadalupe Migrant Shelter, the atmosphere was festive: Volunteers joked, played guitars and loaded enormous steaming pots of beans and rice into the back of a pickup truck. Then they were off, heading to the dusty railroad tracks that pass through the center of this sweltering...Read More
It is a bit ironic that pro-life pregnancy centers in Baltimore City are being forced by a new law to put signs in their facilities stating they do not perform or refer for abortions – under the guise of truth-in-advertising – yet abortion clinics continue making outrageous claims seemingly to no one’s chagrin.Read More
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – In deciding a correct course of action, a person must determine not just whether a means is efficient, but, more importantly, whether it respects the dignity of the person and natural law, a physician told a University of Notre Dame audience July 15.Read More