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January 19, 2012

Sound bites replace truth in modern politics, media

Eighty-three years ago Walter Lippmann published a brilliant, deeply disturbing book called “Public Opinion.” Bearing in mind that John Dewey called it “the most effective indictment of democracy … ever penned,” Americans need to take what it says to heart in 2008 as they try to make sense of the latest race for the presidency.
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January 19, 2012

Twenty years of support for the newly single

When Claire Lotz of Fullerton received her divorce decree in the 1970s, the Catholic mother of two felt like a pariah in society and disconnected from her religion. “I didn’t know any other divorced people and I felt like I was excommunicated from the Church,” said Ms. Lotz, now a 65-year-old parishioner of St. Joseph,...
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January 19, 2012

Bethlehem U. students face obstacles in quest for higher education

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Students travel great distances and put up with checkpoints and other travel restrictions on a near-daily basis to attend Bethlehem University, the only Catholic university in the Palestinian territories.
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January 19, 2012

Support must extend to unborn

Abortion is a lightning rod. Each side has its view of what is right. We have heard these arguments before: the rights of the unborn vs. the rights of the woman. To Catholics, the choice should not be hard. The church has always supported the value of life. There is no other choice.
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January 19, 2012

Sen. Kennedy not an example

This is in response to the Ronald P. Bowers letter concerning church teaching and government obligations…
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January 19, 2012

Historic Catholic buildings in Baltimore given new missions as apartments, educational institutions

Since June 2009, 15 elementary schools and two high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been shuttered. All but one, St. Michael School in Frostburg, was in Baltimore City or Baltimore County.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic school alumna participated in NASA’s Teacher in Space program

Kathleen Beres recalls all too well holding her face on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, as the spaceship Challenger exploded 18 miles up in the cold blue sky. The rocket spat unwanted fireworks above a crowd witnessing the tragedy. The Catholic High School of Baltimore alumna watched from the outdoors VIP area near where...
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January 19, 2012

Pope meets Israeli president

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and expressed hope that new diplomatic moves can bring peace in the Middle East. After 60 years of suffering endured by the peoples of the region, it is imperative to make “every effort” to find a just settlement, the Vatican said after...
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January 19, 2012

French president meets pope, says special prayers in St. Peter’s

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI welcomed French President Nicolas Sarkozy to the Vatican, and a top Vatican official prayed with the president in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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January 19, 2012

New principals ready to lead schools

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is welcoming 14 new principals and one interim principal for the 2008-09 school year.
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January 19, 2012

Pilgrim globe-trotters fly across Europe

VATICAN CITY – The sky was no longer the limit when a Rome travel agency started offering specially chartered flights exclusively for globe-trotting pilgrims.
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January 19, 2012

Couple celebrates life, love, 75 years of marriage together

Edwin Becker was 19 when he decided that he couldn’t live his life without Gertrude. At 17, Gertrude just knew she wanted to be with him. So, on Sept. 7, 1935, the couple married at Holy Rosary Parish in Fells Point.
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