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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

Immigrants aren’t the enemy, priests say

CHICAGO – Responding to what they called the increasingly harsh political rhetoric directed at undocumented immigrants, Priests for Justice for Immigrants held a Dec. 18 press conference to mark International Migrants’ Day with a pastoral “invitation and challenge” to the people of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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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

For pope, to know Gospel means to know Christ personally

VATICAN CITY – In a year-end meeting with the Roman Curia, Pope Benedict XVI looked back on 2007 and identified a crucial theme: the need to evangelize.
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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

Panthers look to defend their title for another year

The St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, Panthers come into the 2007-2008 basketball season ranked second behind an experienced Seton Keough team. Despite the early polls, the Lady Panthers have been reigning champions for the past five seasons. Can they make it six?
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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

Mount Carmel places third in invitational

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Essex, Cougars accepted an invitation to the 38th Annual Mercer Invitational Tournament at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., Dec. 14-16 and placed third in a field of eight teams to improve their overall record to 8-1.
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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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