ANNAPOLIS – In an unusual move that highlights the priority Maryland’s bishops have placed on abolishing the death penalty, Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, testified in person during Feb. 21 committee hearings on a bill that would replace the death penalty with life sentences without parole. Representatives of the Maryland Catholic Conference usually testify...Read More

WASHINGTON (CNS) - U.S. Sen. Any Klobuchar, D-Minn., described theology professor Miguel Diaz as someone capable of narrowing gaps between communities and called his life a "modern-day immigrant success story."Read More

I was appalled by the opinion piece by Tony Magliano (CR, July 2). His comparison of American military to the empire armies of antiquity was totally inaccurate. Thousands of men and women in the armed forces of the United States are not conquering new territories for an American empire, but defending the ideals of freedom...Read More

Her name was Jeanne Stewart. Her walk was different from the other kids. She threw her left leg out and her right hip seem to rise behind her as she labored with every step she took. The left leg was thinner then her right, and her exaggerated limp made walking a struggle. It was 1950,...Read More

At the turn of the New Year, there was much excitement around my home. It seems that TIME magazine had declared me their Person of the Year. And, God bless them, TIME did the same for you. And you. And you as well.Read More

Towson Catholic’s motto in recent years says a lot about its history and legacy: “A small school making a big difference.”Read More

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has nominated Dr. Francis S. Collins, the former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, to head the 27 institutes and centers that make up NIH.Read More

WASHINGTON – A Filipina forced into the sex trade and raped hours after her arrival in the Northern Mariana Islands appealed to U.S. senators to change immigration and labor laws in the commonwealth. “I know there are other women out in the (Mariana Islands) community like me,” Kayleen Entena said in her Feb. 8 testimony...Read More