LOS ANGELES – Both the city and the county of Los Angeles will suffer if a nationally acclaimed gang-intervention program has to shut down, even temporarily, said the Jesuit priest who founded the program more than two decades ago.Read More
St. Matthew the Apostle was a Roman tax collector, a job considered to be working with the enemy by people who had to pay the taxes. When people were surprised to find Jesus with the “traitor,” Jesus said he had come to call the sinners. St. Matthew wrote his Gospel to convince the Jews that...Read More
VATICAN CITY – An unusually acrimonious fight has erupted this summer between the Vatican and the government of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, fueled by growing unease over Berlusconi’s personal life and some of his government’s policies.Read More
St. Charles Borromeo was born to a noble family Oct. 2, 1538, in Italy. He joined the religious life Oct. 13, 1547. He became a civil and canon lawyer when he was 21 years old. At age 22, he was made a cardinal in 1560. He served the church in a number of ways, including...Read More
Most of us, as Catholics, believe that in the celebration of the Eucharist, bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ. That’s a miracle we can’t understand or explain, but accept as a matter of faith. The far more challenging aspect is to believe that, in receiving this body and blood we become...Read More
St. Olympias was born to a noble family in Constantinople but was orphaned when she was young. After she was married and widowed, she decided to devote her life to the church. She built a hospital and an orphanage, and she performed other charitable works. In 404 she was exiled because she supported St. John...Read More
MEXICO CITY – Saying that falling Sunday collections have left the Archdiocese of Leon, Mexico, unable to pay the medical bills of its infirm priests, Archbishop Jose Martin Rabago has called on Catholics to continue supporting the church financially in spite of the current economic crisis.Read More
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and his administration want to see comprehensive reform of the nation’s immigration system “happen sooner than later,” according to a Catholic immigration advocate.Read More
National Catholic Reporter, an independent national Catholic newspaper based in Kansas City, Mo., recently profiled Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of Baltimore. Readers of The Catholic Review might find NCR senior correspondent John Allen Jr.’s article informative.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Italian researchers have developed a method to repair a damaged heart using adult stem cells, and said it confirmed that the adult cells were more therapeutically useful than embryonic stem cells.Read More
Technology has the power to go a long way, and students of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City were able to see just how far this spring, when they communicated with a former student now residing in Africa.Read More
PHOENIX – The Knights of Columbus passed a number of resolutions touching on right-to-life issues, marriage, violence and pornography, among others, during the final business session of the fraternal organization’s 127th supreme convention.Read More