SINTON, Texas – In an example of the church’s prayerful response to violence within its own community, the people of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Sinton gathered in prayer with Corpus Christi Bishop Edmond Carmody May 10 for their parish priest and his alleged assailant.Read More
Letter-writer Jeannette Mollenkopf (CR, May 14) thinks abortion is a “horrible crime,” but she doesn’t get the objection to Notre Dame’s invitation to Obama while Bush was welcomed.Read More
Maryland Catholics need to wake up and take action. In Archbishop O’Brien’s column (CR, May 7) he talks about the silencing of Catholics in 1633 and again in 2009.Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – An Irish cardinal has made an unprecedented ecumenical gesture by attending a Church of Ireland service and by preaching in a once-forbidden Anglican chapel.Read More
Calvert Hall College High School principal Louis E. Heidrick was to be presented the Letter of Affiliation by the Brothers of Christian Schools May 14.Read More
Glancing up at an oil painting of a boy dressed in a black cassock, white collar, wide-brimmed hat and round spectacles, Pietro Canzi struggled to hold back his emotions.Read More
Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, archdiocesan superintendent of schools, and Jalon Payton (center) admire the robot built and programmed by a team that includes Dominic Neal (from left) and Mecca Murphy, sixth-grade members of the Cardinal Shehan School Technology Club April 24. Sponsored by technology coordinator Philip Lathroum and math teacher Douglas Weimer, the club has...Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore should reach out to strengthen every member of every family with Friday family nights. The recent murder-suicides are scandalous, and our Catholic families should not be involved in such terrible crimes. Visit the Web site www.prayforourleaders.com, and assist Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien to stop the murder, suicide and greed.Read More
WASHINGTON – The University of Notre Dame announced April 30 it will not award its prestigious Laetare Medal during the May 17 commencement ceremony after Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, turned down the honor.Read More
The Archbishop of Baltimore has issued some safeguards to help ensure that churches do not contribute to the spread of the Swine Flu. Below are listed some temporary, specific steps, which can be followed.Read More
WASHINGTON – As the number of swine influenza cases increases around the world, some U.S. bishops are suggesting ways that pastors can alter certain practices within the celebration of Mass in an effort to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus.Read More