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January 19, 2012

‘Colbert chaplain’ brings young adults to church

The line inside St. Ignatius Church July 29 started in the parish hall and stretched all the way upstairs into the church narthex. Hundreds of people came to see Father James Martin, the Jesuit priest who has become one of America’s most well-known clergyman and have him sign a copy of his bestselling book “The...
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January 19, 2012

‘Green index’ has unseen ramifications

After reading about the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility’s “green” index” (CR, Feb. 26), I was struck by the fact that I was reading this article on paper that is distributed by carbon-emitting U.S. Postal Service vehicles.
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January 19, 2012

CHURCH CHATTER: Five-year-old speech still packs a punch

The Respect Life ministry at St. John in Westminster is leading a campaign to open a crisis pregnancy center in Carroll County, and its pastor is doing his part to help the effort.
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January 19, 2012

Organization to distribute $1 million in grants to retired religious

WASHINGTON – Support Our Aging Religious, a national organization working to help U.S. religious congregations finance the retirement of their elderly and infirm members, will distribute $1 million in grants to 58 religious congregations this year.
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January 19, 2012

Gov. O’Malley will sponsor same-sex marriage legislation

ANNAPOLIS – Gov. Martin J. O’Malley said he will take a leadership role in passing same-sex marriage legislation in Maryland next year, promising in a July 22 press conference that he will sponsor legislation that would legalize gay marriage while also protecting the free exercise of religion.
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January 19, 2012

Death penalty repeal advocates hopeful

Gov. Martin J. O’Malley’s effort to repeal Maryland’s death penalty appears to be gaining momentum.
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January 19, 2012

Truth, stranger than fiction

It’s time for a few true stories. A few weeks ago in the Mass readings, there was the story of Sodom and Gomorrah being destroyed, and Lot’s wife being turned into a pillar of salt. The reading from the book of Genesis read: “The man said to Lot: ‘Take your wife and flee!’ ” A...
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop encourages parents of priests and seminarians

Brian and Barbara Bolger weren’t shocked when their son, Jesse, told them he wanted to become a priest. Parish priests had always been close friends of the family, they said, and Mr. Bolger’s uncle was also a clergyman who sometimes played basketball with the Bolgers.
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January 19, 2012

New law says California schools must highlight gays’ contributions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California has become the first state in the nation to require its public school social studies texts to specifically include the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.
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January 19, 2012

Papal trip to Holy Land takes shape

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s planned trip to the Holy Land was slowly taking shape in February, and the tentative schedule included a number of important pastoral and interreligious events.
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January 19, 2012

Irish report records problems, abuse, disagreements in Cloyne Diocese

DUBLIN – A judicial report into the handling of allegations of child sexual abuse against clerics in the Diocese of Cloyne has concluded that the church’s own guidelines were “not fully or consistently implemented” in the diocese as recently as 2008.
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January 19, 2012

People, Places, Things

Stand-up comedian Matt Baetz, a 1996 graduate of Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore, will join fellow comedian and military man Jody Fuller on a tour to the Middle East Feb. 9-March 5 to entertain troops.
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