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May 11, 2010

Vatican nuclear stance applauded

At a time when the Vatican is criticized for failing to provide moral leadership in regard to sex abuse by priests and administrative failure of bishops to properly supervise offenders, I’d like to praise its moral leadership regarding nuclear weaponry disarmament, almost from the dawn of the nuclear age.
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May 11, 2010

Immigration article left mistaken impression

An article on the new Arizona immigration law (CR, April 29) stated that it makes it a crime to be here illegally, whereas “Federal law treats that as a civil violation.”
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May 11, 2010

Gun buy-back unproductive

Why is The Catholic Review (April 29) sponsoring the political action of a gun buy-back and claiming tax-exempt status for that action? From the other article on that page, your peers in the regional media rewarded you with two first prizes for what is an immaterial effort, based on the numbers and timeline cited in...
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May 6, 2010

Archdiocese of Baltimore honors top high school students

The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored 63 of its top high school seniors at the 18th annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn April 27.
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May 6, 2010

Archdiocese of Baltimore eliminates 30 positions at Catholic Center

The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced April 30 that it is eliminating 30 positions at the Catholic Center, its administrative headquarters in downtown Baltimore. Five additional vacant positions will not be filled.
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May 6, 2010

Pikesville gynecologist stops giving out birth control

Dispensing birth control had been a regular part of Dr. Mary Ann Sorra’s gynecological practice for eight years. Not anymore.
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April 30, 2010

China’s Sheshan shrine prepares for pilgrims as World Expo begins May 1

SHANGHAI, China – The popular Sheshan Marian shrine in Shanghai is preparing to handle a large influx of visitors as the month of Mary coincides with the start of the six-month Shanghai World Expo.
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April 27, 2010

Father Hilgartner to head bishops’ Divine Worship office

Father Richard Hilgartner, 41, a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and associate director of the U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat for Divine Worship, has been tapped to become head of the secretariat in 2011.
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April 27, 2010

Archbishop Borders’generosity left an impression

Due to four scheduled back-to-back confirmations last weekend, I was unable to attend Archbishop Borders’ funeral. But I was more than present in spirit.
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April 26, 2010

USCCB coalitions in question

It appears that only two bishops were willing to take the Catholic Health Association to task for its support of the final Health Care Bill (CR, April 22). The USCCB is beginning to look feeble in representing the church’s social doctrine.
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April 26, 2010

Arizona governor signs much-criticized immigration bill into law

PHOENIX – Thousands of protesters gathered outside the state capitol and hundreds more at a state office building in Tucson April 23 awaiting Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s announcement that she had signed into law an immigration bill that has been harshly criticized by civil rights groups, religious leaders and even President Barack Obama, who called...
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April 23, 2010

San Francisco Archdiocese sues over ruling on property transfer taxes

SAN FRANCISCO – The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court challenging the Office of the Assessor-Recorder’s determination that it must pay property transfer taxes for moving church properties from one nonprofit entity to another.
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