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January 19, 2012

Pro-life ad featuring college quarterback to air during Super Bowl

NEW YORK – An ad scheduled to air on CBS during the network’s broadcast of the Feb. 7 Super Bowl has generated criticism from groups such as the National Organization for Women because of its pro-life message.
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January 19, 2012

Bush vows veto of embryonic stem-cell bill; cloning bill defeated

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives rejected a bill June 6 that would have allowed human cloning but passed legislation the next day that would promote stem-cell research involving the destruction of human embryos.
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January 19, 2012

Health reform effort must continue, bishops’ pro-life chairman says

WASHINGTON – With the fate of the current health reform bills in doubt, the next challenge is to convince members of Congress not to abandon the health reform effort entirely, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said Jan. 22.
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January 19, 2012

State attorney general to review block on partial-birth abortion ban

DETROIT – Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox will study the June 4 federal appeals court decision blocking Michigan’s Legal Birth Definition Act, and consider an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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January 19, 2012

Baseball star wants to start Baltimore bereavement camp

Virtually nothing has been guaranteed to Jamie Moyer during his two-and-half decades in Major League Baseball.
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January 19, 2012

St. Augustine students celebrate school’s 150th anniversary

St. Augustine School, Elkridge, Principal Patricia Schratz was challenged the morning of May 30 as she delivered opening remarks outside for the 150th birthday bash. Behind her, the hovering Baltimore Oriole bird wisecracked, kissed her head, and caused the yellow and blue-clad student body to snicker.
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January 19, 2012

For Pope Benedict, a different shade of green

VATICAN CITY - Over the last few months, Pope Benedict XVI has opened a wider dialogue on the subject of environmental protection, and in the process put a sharper focus on an issue that’s become central to his pontificate.
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January 19, 2012

More U.S. Catholics preparing for diaconate, lay ministry

WASHINGTON – The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate reports that in 2006-07 it identified more permanent deacon candidates and more students in U.S. lay ecclesial ministry programs than in the previous year.
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January 19, 2012

Baseball no longer resembles sport

In the midst of winter I think of spring. Hope springs eternal. In the midst of the football playoffs I think of baseball. I grieve the loss of baseball as a sport.
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January 19, 2012

IND Hall of Fame; John Carroll coach

The Institute of Notre Dame, Baltimore, inducted five graduates into its Athletic Hall of Fame, May 16. The inductees were Eileen Doyle Wintz ’44 (basketball); C. Karen Dabrowski Gephardt ’67 (basketball, badminton, softball); Mary Ellen Bowers Glorioso ’69 (basketball, badminton, softball); Donna Wiedorfer ’80 (coach – basketball, badminton, lacrosse; and athlete – basketball, badminton, softball);...
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January 19, 2012

Budgetary woes expected to dominate legislative session

ANNAPOLIS – With the State of Maryland facing a projected budget deficit of $2 billion, money woes will likely dominate much of the 90-day session of the Maryland General Assembly that opens Jan. 13 in Annapolis.
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January 19, 2012

God part of vacation at Deep Creek Lake

Each summer, thousands of vacationers descend on Deep Creek Lake to enjoy boating, skiing and fishing for bass or pickerel. They are also able to worship at special outdoor liturgies thanks to a ministry of St. Peter in Oakland that helps make sure God is a part of their vacation. “They come to Mass by...
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