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January 19, 2012

Borrowers bear consequences of their actions

I have to respectfully, but strongly, disagree with Father Peter J. Daly’s “The Common Good” (CR, March 12). His perspective is that Catholic teaching mandates that for the common good, the community must support even people who do stupid, greedy things. Father Daly uses extreme examples such as firefighters refusing to rescue someone dumb enough...
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January 19, 2012

Pope calls Beethoven work an expression of optimism

VATICAN CITY – After listening to a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony,” Pope Benedict XVI called the work a masterful expression of optimism in the face of suffering.
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January 19, 2012

Superintendent juggles roles as mom and leader of Catholic schools

DAVIDSONVILLE – When Dr. Barbara McGraw Edmondson makes decisions about the future of Catholic education, the superintendent of Catholic schools isn’t just thinking in the abstract.
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January 19, 2012

Oregon sees highest assisted-suicide toll ever; Washington law begins

PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon’s annual report on assisted suicide showed that doctors helped 60 patients take their lives in 2008. That marked the highest annual total since the Oregon Death With Dignity Act went into effect 11 years ago.
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January 19, 2012

Mercy Medical Center receives record gift

Mary Catherine Bunting has made the largest gift in the history of Mercy Medical Center, and the board of trustees announced yesterday that they will name their new building after her.
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January 19, 2012

Same-sex marriage an affront

Regarding “Archbishop on marriage: ‘Maryland Is not N.Y.’ ” (CR, Aug. 11), I am so saddened and feel so terribly sorry for Gov. Martin O’Malley. Even if he is not in agreement with his church on the fundamental truth supported by 2,000-plus years of Western civilization thought and practice, where is his common sense?
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January 19, 2012

Splendidly pure: Receiving indulgences in the year of St. Paul

VATICAN CITY – As spring started showing its colors in Rome, many of the pilgrims coming out of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls were glowing – and not only because the sun was shining brightly.
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January 19, 2012

Baby Jesus returns

He once was lost but now is found. The plastic baby Jesus figure that vandals ripped from the outdoor manger of a Timonium Nativity scene last January has been recovered and returned to Gil and Loretta Hoffman.
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January 19, 2012

Summer of Mercy 2.0 continues with prayers for healing after abortion

GERMANTOWN – Summer of Mercy 2.0 – nine days of prayer to witness for life near the clinic of late-term abortionist Dr. LeRoy Carhart – continued Aug. 6 with an afternoon of prayerful remembrance and intercession at Mother Seton Church in Germantown.
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January 19, 2012

Father Martin, leader in addiction treatment, dies

Sulpician Father Joseph C. Martin, a leader in the addiction treatment field who cofounded the Father Martin’s Ashley treatment center, died March 9. He was 84.
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January 19, 2012

Sykesville parishioners reach out through ‘Hammer Ministry’

When an elderly parishioner of St. Joseph in Sykesville needed to have a pane of glass and window frame replaced in her home, the company she called for help pressured her to buy all-new windows to the tune of several thousand dollars. Rather than purchase windows she didn’t need, the woman looked for help through...
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January 19, 2012

Knights, Sisters of Life host WYD center for English speakers

VATICAN CITY – At World Youth Day Madrid, they will be back, bigger and offering more variety than ever.
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