WASHINGTON – Fifty years ago this May, the Food and Drug Administration gave its approval for the use of a combination of the hormones progesterone and estrogen that the pharmaceutical company Searle said would prevent pregnancy 99.7 percent of the time.Read More

If the United States had a nobility, Avery Dulles would have been born into it. His great-grandfather, John W. Foster, and his great-uncle, Robert Lansing, both served as Secretary of State. So did his father, John Foster Dulles, who also negotiated the post-World War II peace treaty with Japan. Avery Dulles’s uncle, Allen Dulles, was...Read More

Gov. Martin J. O’Malley bowed to political pressure from pro-death penalty lawmakers when he directed the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to begin crafting rules for the use of lethal injections in state executions.Read More

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Associated Church Press honored The Catholic Review May 8 with four awards for work in the 2009 “Best of the Christian Press” competition.Read More

Gordon Oliver will become president of St. John’s Catholic Prep in Frederick, effective June 21Read More

Notre Dame Preparatory School senior Erin Workmeister, a member of the Towson school’s basketball team, was honored as one of two McCormick Unsung Heroes May 12 at The Marriott Hunt Valley Inn.Read More

WASHINGTON – A prosecutor in an upcoming civil trial is seeking a minimum of $250,000 in punitive damages from Catholic Online, a California media organization, and its president, who are accused of diverting funds intended for charitable causes.Read More

WASHINGTON – In the weeks since a Wisconsin federal judge ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, one thing has been certain: People have strong feelings both for and against prayer.Read More