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April 28, 2009

Oblates elect five to leadership

Five Oblate Sisters of Providence were elected to four-year leadership positions during the order’s Chapter of Election April 17 at the motherhouse in Catonsville.
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April 28, 2009

Glendon declines to accept Notre Dame’s prestigious Laetare Medal

WASHINGTON – Citing concerns about plans to honor President Barack Obama despite his views on “fundamental principles of justice” that are contrary to Catholic teaching, former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Mary Ann Glendon has turned down the prestigious Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame.
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April 27, 2009

Something missing at Georgetown

After many, many years of contributing and receiving the Catholic Review, we wish to cancel our subscription to your paper. “Obama lays out economic steps, plans at Georgetown” (CR, April 23) put us over the edge.
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April 24, 2009

School establishes scholarship in honor of Father Funk

Cardinal Shehan School in Baltimore recently established the Father Wayne Funk Scholarship Award to provide tuition assistance to Catholic students enrolled in the school. The late Father Funk served as pastor of St. Matthew, Northwood, when Cardinal Shehan School was formed by the merger of St. Matthew and St. Thomas More Schools in 1989. Paula...
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April 23, 2009

Students should be mindful of loan debts

Dave Reeder can always count on it.
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April 21, 2009

Henry H. Lewis remembered for building churches

Henry H. Lewis, the man who founded a construction company that erected more buildings in the Archdiocese of Baltimore than any other in recent decades, died April 16.
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April 21, 2009

Pakistani archbishop says Islamic law jeopardizes minorities

LAHORE, Pakistan – Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore has written to the country’s president and prime minister expressing concern over a regulation that allowed Islamic law to be implemented in northwestern Pakistan.
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April 20, 2009

Father Hemrick should see what’s truly at issue

In his column, "Obama's invitation to talk," (CR, April 16) Father Eugene Hemrick fails to come to grips with what is truly at issue concerning President Obama's speaking at Notre Dame University.
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April 17, 2009

New York bishops reiterate opposition to same-sex marriage legislation

ALBANY, N.Y. – Reaffirming an earlier statement outlining their reasons for opposing any change in the legal definition of marriage, the Catholic bishops of New York state called for the defeat of legislation proposed by New York Gov. David A. Paterson to permit same-sex marriages.
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April 17, 2009

Vatican deplores Belgian parliament’s criticism of pope on condoms

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has deplored a Belgian parliamentary resolution that criticized Pope Benedict XVI for his remarks about condoms and AIDS prevention.
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April 13, 2009

Kudos for Bishop D’Arcy’s Notre Dame stance

There has been much coverage concerning the decision of the University of Notre Dame to not only invite President Obama to speak at its 2009 commencement ceremony but also bestow on him an honorary doctor of laws degree from the university. I fail to understand how this so-called Catholic university can justify its decision to...
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April 9, 2009

Don’t confuse honors with a political dinner

Concerning the flap about inviting and honoring President Barack Obama at Notre Dame, I was disappointed with Father Reese’s comparison to Cardinal Egan. Father Reese neglected to mention that the Al Smith Dinner was not an occasion to bestow an honor, and that Notre Dame is bestowing an honorary doctorate degree on the president. The...
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