The March for Life brought out thousands of people Jan. 23, 2012. The crowd was overflowing with teenagers passionate about protecting the unborn. Here is a short example of students from The John Carroll School in Bel Air, Md. showing they care about the issue.Read More

Monsignor Charles Pope, a priest in the Archdiocese of Washington, had people on their feet Jan. 23 at the Rally for Life Mass inside the Verizon Center. His homily was a call to action for the estimated 17,000 teens who were ready to participate in the March for Life. In case you missed it, here’s...Read More

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Long before Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Chris Capuano reported to spring training this year he was doing his homework, working out and preparing for what he hopes will be another All-Star season. Mr. Capuano has always done his homework. The words hard worker and intelligent are used all the time to describe...Read More

Junko Ito, a reporter for the Tokyo-based Catholic Weekly, filed this first-person report. TOKYO – March 11, when we had the earthquake, I was in Nasu, Tochigi prefecture, which is in an inland area of northeastern Japan. It is 100 miles away from the area that was seriously damaged by the tsunami and earthquake.Read More

LAHORE, Pakistan – Posters pasted on billboards and trees by the country’s main Muslim political alliance blare the “Quran-prescribed” punishments of 100 lashes or death by stoning for women who have sex outside of marriage. As a new bill liberalizing strict women’s laws makes its way through Parliament, hard-line groups have been fighting to keep...Read More

SPRINGIELD, Ill. – The repeal of the death penalty “advances the development of a culture of life in our state,” the Catholic Conference of Illinois said March 9.Read More

St. Ignatius, Baltimore, will celebrate its 150th Novena of Grace beginning March 4, with the traditional nine days of prayer to the Jesuit missionary St. Francis Xavier. Daily novena services will be held at the 7:25 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. Masses at the historic Calvert Street church. Missionary Francis Xavier – who was born 501...Read More

Richard Biancone Jr., a parishioner of Ss. Peter and Paul in Cumberland, went to Mass a year ago wearing a Hooley Plunge sweatshirt. A priest asked if he participated in the fundraiser for special needs people the previous day.Read More