READ THE COMPLETE TEXT VATICAN CITY – Catholics must believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, celebrate the liturgy with devotion and live in a way that demonstrates their faith, Pope Benedict XVI said. “The celebration and worship of the Eucharist enable us to draw near to God’s love and to persevere...Read More

I wanted to express my extreme displeasure at the column “A Catholic reflection on Memorial Day” (CR, June 3).Read More

As captain of the varsity volleyball team, treasurer for the National Honor Society and a National Art Society member with a 4.0 grade point average, 18-year-old Johanna Laue has been in the spotlight at Mercy High School in Baltimore.Read More

ROME – A leading canon law expert said that in applying the Vatican’s directive against admission of homosexuals to the priesthood, seminary authorities should make use of psychological sciences to distinguish between “deep-seated” and transitory homosexual tendencies. Jesuit Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University and an adviser to several important Vatican agencies,...Read More

CHICAGO – Church teaching on end-of-life issues is much more than “dilemmas and controversies,” a priest-physician told a gathering of Catholic health care ethicists in Chicago March 1. “Don’t let people hijack our church anymore,” said Jesuit Father Myles N. Sheehan, a geriatric oncologist who is senior associate dean for educational programs at the Stritch...Read More

Part two of the column that appeared in this space last week regarding the New York Times will appear in next week’s Catholic Review.Read More

Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden looked around at various Baltimore city faith leaders May 27 and envisioned a day when violence wasn’t a way of life.Read More

It appeared to be the pinnacle of Catholic Robert W. Curran’s political career when eight of his colleagues on the City Council supported his bill Feb. 26 to declare the municipality a smoke-free zone. Calling the 9-2 vote historic, the council vice president and parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi, Baltimore, told his supporters their...Read More