At the end of the the third quarter of the BCL Championship, John Carroll leads, 35-30. Can they hold on? Follow me on twitter @catholicreviewRead More

John Carroll leads with 5:00 remaining, 31-26.Read More

And they’re having a tough time doing it. Every time the Patriots look like they are going to stretch a lead, St. Frances puts together a run. John Carroll doesn’t seem to be shying away from the spotlight of their first BCL championship game. They aggressive down low. R.J. Williams is really pushing the St....Read More

Despite some cold early shooting, St. Frances is still very much in the game. At the end of the first quarter, John Carroll is up 13-9. John Carroll is having success inside and the guards are penetrating well. St. Frances has converted several John Carroll turnovers into baskets.Read More

The rise to the top is complete. John Carroll is headed to the Alhambra tournament in Cumberland to face the country’s best Catholic teams.Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien had people buzzing Feb. 26 in his homily during the ordination of transitional Deacon Warren Tanghe. In speaking to Warren, he casually announced that the former Anglican priest would be ordained a Catholic priest June 25. No one new it was coming, including Deacon Tanghe. More to come on CatholicReview.org…Read More

Father Augustus Tolton, the first African-American priest, took a step closer to sainthood this week when Chicago Cardinal Francis George announced that the priest’s sainthood cause has been introduced in the Archdiocese of Chicago. According to an archdiocesan press release, the cardinal will appoint a historical commission to assemble the facts about Father Tolton’s heroic virtues. Some time...Read More

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops’ Office of General Counsel said the Obama administration’s decision to no longer support the Defense of Marriage Act in legal challenges ahead “represents an abdication” of its “constitutional obligation to ensure that laws of the United States are faithfully executed.”Read More