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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Baum: a new record-holder

Something quite remarkable happened recently: Cardinal William Wakefield Baum – emeritus Archbishop of Washington, emeritus Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, emeritus Major Penitentiary of the Catholic Church – passed the late Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore (who died March 24, 1921) to become the longest-serving American cardinal in history. It’s an astonishing record...
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January 19, 2012

Rising unemployment prompts more people to turn to Catholic Charities

WASHINGTON – Catholic Charities agencies across the country are finding that the nation’s growing unemployment rate is one more factor in their efforts to provide food, clothing and shelter to those in need.
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January 19, 2012

Our Lady of Sorrows

Today is the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. St. John the Evangelist wrote in his Gospel that Mary was overwhelmed with grief as she stood at the foot of Jesus’ cross. There are traditionally seven sorrows of Mary: the prophecy of Simeon, the flight into Egypt, the loss of the child Jesus for three...
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January 19, 2012

Same-sex marriage appears dead for this year

ANNAPOLIS – A bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland is effectively dead for the current legislative session, after Del. Joseph Vallario of Prince George’s County asked that it be recommitted to the House of Delegates Judiciary Committee March 11. The move came at the end of a passionate and lengthy debate on the floor of...
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January 19, 2012

Embryonic Stem Cell Research – Wasting Maryland’s Resources

The first principle in public funding of scientific research is to fund ethical proposals. The second is to fund the most promising proposals. Two years ago, Maryland abandoned both.
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January 19, 2012

St. Bertilla

St. Bertilla Boscardin was born on Oct. 6, 1888, in Brendola, Italy. After working as a house servant when she was a young girl, she joined the Sisters of St. Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Heart in 1904. She began training as a nurse in 1907 and was later assigned to the hospital in Treviso....
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January 19, 2012

Paralysis won’t stop priest at Fells Point St. Patrick’s Day Mass

Growing up in New York, Redemptorist Father John Murray loved marching with his father in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Now that he uses a wheelchair, Father Murray is about to promote the Saint of Ireland in a way that may prove more powerful than anything he could have done on foot in a...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops approve blessing service for children in the womb

BALTIMORE – To fill a gap in existing prayer books, the U.S. bishops Nov. 11 overwhelmingly approved a liturgical service in English and Spanish for blessing children in the womb.
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January 19, 2012

St. Sabbas

St. Sabbas was born in Cappadocia in 439. An anchorite as of age 30, he renounced the world in order to devote his life to prayer and work. He wove baskets, which he took to a monastery led by St. Euthymius to trade for food and materials to make more baskets. When St. Euthymius died,...
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January 19, 2012

People bring social concerns to convocation

Juan Pablo Perulta, 22, of St. Clement I parish in Lansdowne, arrived at the 32nd annual Social Ministry Convocation at Baltimore’s Seton Keough High School with hope.
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January 19, 2012

Mangione left mark on family, archdiocese

“Look at that accomplishment. When you face the Lord, that’s the kind of thing you want to talk about.”
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January 19, 2012

Passionate testimony heard on abortion clinic regulations

ANNAPOLIS – Her voice filled with emotion, the mother of a woman who died while undergoing an abortion implored a Maryland Senate committee March 2 to pass tighter regulations of abortion clinics.
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