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‘God is my assistant editor’

“More reach than you realize.” That was one of the slogans the Catholic Review used a few years back as a way of getting people thinking about how the newspaper connects with the wider community. During a recent talk for a Theology on Tap group at the Greene Turtle in Fells

Don’t subsidize disrespect

What Major League Baseball management did by holding Opening Day on Good Friday, April 6, was nothing less than morally offensive to Christians and Catholics everywhere.

Irony in Titanic memorial

“Libertytown remembers Titanic” (CR, April 5) mentions that the Titanic memorial at St. Peter the Apostle Church in Libertytown was blessed by Redemptorist Father Francis Klauder in April 1912.

DREAM Act hurts citizenry

I must take issue with George Matysek’s article, “DREAM Act, a means of changing lives” (CR, March 22).

Catholic at college

As a junior in high school I am in the process of looking at colleges. With so many options available, there are some specific things I am looking for. One thing I am looking for is somewhere I can go to be with other Catholics. Most of the colleges I've

Special needs, special gifts

When John and I started our adoption journey, we talked about being open to adopting children who had some special needs. Especially if you find yourself talking about adopting children from China, you will be considering special needs – whether very minor or more significant.Early on, our agency asked us

Letter from Archbishop Lori

Allow me to extend to you a personal invitation to join me on a journey of faith to the Eternal City – Rome – and the heart of our Church for a pilgrimage during which, as the new Archbishop of Baltimore, I will receive the pallium from the hand of the Holy Father, Pope Benedict...

Calvert Hall lacrosse downs Loyola Blakefield

The nationally ranked boys’ lacrosse teams from Towson’s Calvert Hall College High School and Loyola Blakefield took on each other – and a higher cause – April 20.

Gaels look sharp in big-league park

The Mount St. Joseph Gaels stormed back from a six-run deficit to defeat Gilman, 12-11 April 21.

George P. Matysek Jr.News

Father Edwin Foley, pioneering Redemptorist, dies at 91

A Redemptorist priest who completed pioneering work helping elderly priests transition from active ministry died April 20.

April 21, 2012

The Lorax, environmentalism and the pope

How's that for a convoluted blog title?Last week I saw the movie "Dr. Suess' The Lorax," which had all sorts of ridiculous buzz in the run-up to its March release. Of course, in this day and age, you can't have a big movie without people debating about its agenda. There

April 20, 2012

70-year-old runner still pushing for marathon best

Seventy-year-old is working on her fifth marathon.