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January 19, 2012

Archbishop’s Annual Appeal sets record

One of the worst economies in decades didn’t stop Catholics from contributing to last year’s Archbishop’s Annual Appeal at a record level.
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January 19, 2012

How to prepare for marriage

When you become engaged, and before making any other wedding plans, meet with the priest or deacon who will officiate at your wedding. Weddings normally take place at the parish church of the bride or groom, and it is the policy of the Archdiocese of Baltimore that you contact your priest or deacon a minimum...
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January 19, 2012

U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services has new headquarters

WASHINGTON – When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien approved plans in 2005 to move the military archdiocese’s headquarters from its location at The Catholic University of America’s Theological College, he and his staff hoped a new building would raise the profile of an archdiocese that serves one of the Catholic Church’s largest populations. The end result...
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January 19, 2012

Frustrated by nuclear weapons

I sympathize with Susan Crane’s frustration (CR, Dec. 2 and 16) with the U.S. Navy Nuclear weapons storage depot in Bangor, Wash. Nuclear weapons of any kind destroy entire cities, devastate the civilian population and destroy the infrastructure of a locality. All countries should welcome President Obama’s call for a test ban halt to the...
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January 19, 2012

A ‘Catholic Quest’ of song and spirituality in Harford

Christine Tellup bounced up and down and danced with her friends inside a darkened gymnasium at The John Carroll School in Bel Air Sept. 28. Just a few feet away, some of the 14-year-old’s favorite music artists, Josh Blakesley and Jackie Francois, were wailing away on one of their hits.
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January 19, 2012

New book details Hitler plot to kidnap pope, foiled by Nazi general

WASHINGTON – An SS general close to Adolf Hitler foiled a plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII during World War II and to put the Vatican and its treasures under Nazi control, according to a new book. The book, “A Special Mission” by Dan Kurzman, refutes arguments that Pope Pius XII maintained a public silence...
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January 19, 2012

Year in Review: New missal for US approved in 2010; implementation set for late 2011

WASHINGTON – A year from now, the liturgical celebrations of the Advent and Christmas seasons will have a different sound, as the new English translation of the third edition of the Roman Missal begins being used in U.S. parishes.
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January 19, 2012

Homeless mother of two rebuilding her life

Somehow it seemed unthinkable. Homeless?
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January 19, 2012

British cardinals remind politicians voting for abortion unacceptable

LONDON – Britain’s two cardinals reminded Catholic politicians that it is unacceptable for them to vote for abortion rights. Cardinals Keith O’Brien of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, and Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster, England, denounced the 1967 Abortion Act May 31 as the act approaches its 40th anniversary.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican: Pope’s words on condoms do not mark change in church teaching

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s recent comments on condom use in AIDS prevention do not signify a change in the church’s moral teaching or its pastoral practice, a note from the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation said.
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January 19, 2012

The Grand Finale

This wasn’t the column I had planned – I changed my mind on Sunday, and I hope it doesn’t get me run out of town.
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January 19, 2012

Report, summit on children’s welfare highlight familiar problem

WASHINGTON – When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hosted a national summit on child welfare, she shined a light on a problem that is all too familiar to officials of Catholic Charities USA. “The numbers are moving in the wrong direction,” said Desmond Brown, director of health and welfare policy at Catholic Charities USA, about...
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