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January 19, 2012

Charity not a government function

Tony Magliano (CR, March 24) suffers from hubris, because he presumes that he can determine the stains on the souls of others. His denunciation of not increasing taxes on the rich ignores easily observed facts. As a group, homeless people do not hire employees. Increasing taxes decreases tax revenue. For example, Maryland’s millionaire’s tax resulted...
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January 19, 2012

Catonsville family adopts three Chinese children with special needs

Six years ago, a mother in a remote corner of China laid her baby along a roadside and walked away. Suffering from a cleft palate and unable to nurse, the little girl was left alone for an unknown period of time before a passerby discovered the starving child and took her to an orphanage filled...
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January 19, 2012

Consumerism, hedonism will be defeated by God’s love

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – The seemingly invincible ideologies of consumerism and hedonism and the reign of violence and terror will all be defeated by God’s love, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Pope appeals for suspension of fighting in Libya

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI appealed for a suspension of fighting in Libya and the immediate start of a serious dialogue aimed at restoring peace to the North African country.
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January 19, 2012

New Orleans youth leader challenges young people

OCEAN CITY – Scott Miller walked over to Ansel Augustine Nov. 23 and planted a kiss on the top of his forehead.
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January 19, 2012

Military chaplain Father Capodanno revealed amazing courage

“This guy may have saved my life,” my good friend Lt. Col. Robert Dalton said to me as he sat down in my kitchen and placed a book in front of me recently. “What guy?” I asked. “That guy,” replied Bob, a retired member of the United States Marine Corps and Davidsonville resident, as he...
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January 19, 2012

Voices of Faith

In the span of three days, the power of concerned faith communities of Maryland was on display as people of varying religious traditions recently came together to positively impact the political process in our state on three very important issues.
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January 19, 2012

At last, couple celebrates holy matrimony

They took their vows of marriage – again, 35 years after the first time. This time, though, the two lifelong Catholics wed in their church.
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January 19, 2012

Why the flip side of the coin?

It was with heartfelt anguish that I read the cartoon (CR, July 26).
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January 19, 2012

Catholic school students lobby in Annapolis in support of BOAST

ANNAPOLIS – More than 200 students from Catholic and other nonpublic schools left shiny apples for their state lawmakers March 16 – not the edible kind, but symbolic paper cutouts meant to garner support for a long-sought business tax credit benefitting public and nonpublic schools.
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January 19, 2012

Remember the unsung heroes

The unsung heroes of life are mostly found in the obituaries! I read the ‘front’ pages of the newspaper to learn the bad news – financial disasters, political challenges and stories of murder, mayhem and misery. But the obituaries contain the stories of the people who really do make the world go round. Here I...
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January 19, 2012

Collection exceeds $7 million in 2006

WASHINGTON – The national collection to aid the church in Latin America received more than $7 million in contributions for the first time last year and used the funds to assist 476 projects in nearly two dozen countries.
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