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January 19, 2012

Good Samaritan goes tobacco free

The campus of Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, a member of MedStar Health, Inc., is tobacco-free effective Nov. 20. In an effort to be a model of healthy behavior, and for the safety and well-being of patients, employees and visitors, tobacco products have been banned from all MedStar locations on a date coinciding with the national...
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January 19, 2012

Defunding Planned Parenthood not a hard budget choice, cardinal says

WASHINGTON – At a time when federal budget decisions “involve hard choices and much shared sacrifice,” a decision on whether to fund the Planned Parenthood Federation of America “is not one of those hard choices,” the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities told members of Congress.
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January 19, 2012

Dominican sisters promote human rights in Iraq through education

ROME – Despite years of economic hardship and violence in Iraq, the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena are working in the country to promote human rights, said an Iraqi nun.
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January 19, 2012

Christians in the Middle East

Dr. Habib Malik of the Lebanese American University has been a friend for many years. Few men have such an informed and humane view of the sad, even desperate, position of Christians in the Middle East. As a Lebanese Maronite with a Harvard doctorate in intellectual history, what Dr. Malik knows comes from experience as...
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January 19, 2012

Human rights are ‘fragile’ if ethical foundation ignored, pope says

VATICAN CITY – The foundation upon which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is based will remain fragile if its ethical and divine origins are ignored, Pope Benedict XVI said during a Vatican commemoration of the document’s 60th anniversary.
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January 19, 2012

Knott family marks 30 years of generosity

Henry and Marion Knott never allowed their 13 children to think they were better than anyone else. There were no family vacations until the children were all adults. The offspring had to be home before midnight and all were expected to contribute to the community at large.
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January 19, 2012

Election loss does not diminish cause

George Weigel writes (CR, Nov. 20) about “The Two Americas.” He, of course, is talking about the two major political parties which campaigned on the issues that he refers to and the supporters of each party. Most Catholics, and millions of others, are concerned about the issues Mr. Weigel raises, but with others as well....
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January 19, 2012

NDP lax standout Stanwick follows own path

Covie Stanwick was born into a lacrosse legacy, but she’s carving out her own identity in the sport – and in life.
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January 19, 2012

Head of Russian Orthodox Church dies at age 79

VATICAN CITY – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, died Dec. 5 at his home outside the Russian capital. He was 79.
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January 19, 2012

Caritas reports 1,000 civilians dead, missing in Ivory Coast town

VATICAN CITY – One thousand people were suspected to be dead or missing in the town of Duekoue, Ivory Coast, after clashes throughout the country intensified, Caritas Internationalis reported.
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January 19, 2012

Courage

To make a long story short: a priest of 11 years, I returned to my native Archdiocese of New York in 1976 with a doctorate in moral theology, all the while expecting I would be assigned to the faculty of our Archdiocesan Seminary of St. Joseph, Dunwoodie, in Yonkers. Such was not to be.
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January 19, 2012

What would Day think?

George Weigel is no doubt a respected scholar and pundit. However, after reading his last column (CR, March 24), it would appear that his plutocratic musings belong more in the pages of a reactionary publication than a Catholic newspaper. Weigel’s observations on “workers rights” would make Dorothy Day cringe.
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