A Catholic woman from Myanmar living in Manila said she is agonizing over the violence erupting in her country as she watches the news reports.Read More
When Loyola Blakefield mothers and supporters organized a bone marrow drive at the school Aug. 17, they hoped 500 people would come for cheek-swab testing.Read More
Time is elusive. Humans are obsessed with it: we pass it, save it, waste it, wish it away, squander it, mark it, buy time, make time, kill time and run out of time. It’s all about time! Yet how do we mark and preserve time? One way is to create a time capsule to capture...Read More
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Former Sen. Ted Stevens gave the state of Alaska “not only great service,” but he “remains a model for the young to give their lives in service as well,” said retired Anchorage Archbishop Francis T. Hurley.Read More
The defending MIAA A Conference soccer champs, the Archbishop Curley High School Friars, kicked their 2007 season off on Aug. 31 with a 5-0 win over Bullis School to open the Adidas Soccer Challenge. From there, the Baltimore school’s Friars reeled off an impressive 10-0 overall record going into the Sept. 19 Alumni Cup against...Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. – Erin Persinger is a good student at Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers who enjoys volunteering in her community, hanging out with friends and participating in sports.Read More
The Baltimore Guild-Catholic Medical Association (BG-CMA) will celebrate its annual White Mass honoring St. Luke, patron of physicians, at 1 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.Read More
Vincentian Father Vincent J. O’Malley had just preached on Sunday’s Gospel reading, warning that no one knows the hour when the Son of Man will come. Moments later, as the priest greeted people outside St. Joseph in Emmitsburg following the 10:15 a.m. liturgy, an automobile struck and killed two Mass-goers and seriously injured a third.Read More
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,...Read More
In response to Jack Schanberger’s doctrine question (CR, July 15), the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “Direct abortion, that is, abortion that is willed as an end or a means, is a ‘criminal’ practice, gravely contrary to moral law” (CCC 2271). We are to protect the life of every human being as far as...Read More