RICHMOND, Va. – A federal judge in Virginia ruled Dec. 13 that the health reform law’s requirement that all Americans obtain health insurance or face penalties is an unconstitutional expansion of government power.Read More

Chief James S. Clack When Baltimore City Fire Chief James S. Clack first came to Charm City more than two years ago, I had a chance to profile him for The Catholic Review. Toward the end of the interview, I asked the Catholic fire chief if he had a devotion to St. Florian, patron saint of...Read More

Change can revitalize an organization. It’s not worth changing things just for the sake of change, but when faced with a real need, organizations must embrace the challenge. The Catholic Review and its parent company, The Cathedral Foundation Inc., have begun a strategic planning process to chart a path for the next three to five...Read More

Here is a video report I shot, edited and reported on for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Be sure to watch for the child at the end. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5k2SfzcrAo&hl=en&fs=1]Read More

Brannan Family (St. Joseph Medical Center Photo) Dr. Scott Brannan, an emergency physician at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, is back on the job after spending half a year at a U.S. combat hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves and his medical team treated wounded U.S. and coalition soldiers;...Read More

The Salt Lake Tribune has a nice piece in the Dec. 11 issue looking at scrupulosity, a psychological disorder that drives sufferers to worry obsessively about sin. Sometimes called the ‘doubting disease,’ the condition plagues many religious-minded people of all denominations. A snip… Though it has been described for centuries in Catholic literature and afflicted saints such...Read More

On Dec.13 a fundraiser will be held at Bob Evans at 14 Belair South Pkwy. from 4 to 9 p.m. to support the charitable giving of the Bel Air Knights of Columbus Knights Ladies. Santa will be visiting from 4 to 8 p.m. For information call Pat at 410-879-5872.Read More

A tapestry at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore commemorates a performance by John Philip Sousa in the 1880s. The concert benefitted a new Baltimore hospital built by the Sisters of Mercy. (Mercy Medical Center Photo/Kevin Parks) Nuns with a good cause are generally unstoppable. Consider this fascinating story I learned Dec. 9 while on a...Read More