LONDON – Britain’s two cardinals reminded Catholic politicians that it is unacceptable for them to vote for abortion rights. Cardinals Keith O’Brien of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, and Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster, England, denounced the 1967 Abortion Act May 31 as the act approaches its 40th anniversary.Read More
JERUSALEM – On his first day in Jerusalem, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and said the suffering of Jews under the Nazi extermination campaign must “never be denied, belittled or forgotten.”Read More
WASHINGTON – When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hosted a national summit on child welfare, she shined a light on a problem that is all too familiar to officials of Catholic Charities USA. “The numbers are moving in the wrong direction,” said Desmond Brown, director of health and welfare policy at Catholic Charities USA, about...Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House Oct. 13 passed the Protect Life Act, which applies long-standing federal policies on abortion funding and conscience rights to the health reform law.Read More
With four children and another one on the way, Sacred Heart, Glyndon, parishioner Denise Blair-Nellies is no stranger to creativity during the months of summer. The Reisterstown resident said she loves summer and noted one of her children’s favorite pastimes is reading. “We love to read books and share what we’re reading with each other...Read More
WASHINGTON - Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services and a group representing hundreds of other Christian military chaplains have objected to a Pentagon memo allowing military chaplains to participate in or officiate at same-sex marriages on or off military installations.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Using the media present at his weekly general audience to address the people of Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Pope Benedict XVI said that he hoped to promote peace and unity during his eight-day visit to the region.Read More
MILWAUKEE – Marquette University is receiving $51 million from an alumni couple to help build a new law school facility. A university news release described it as “the largest gift ever made by individuals to a Wisconsin college or university” as well as one of the largest gifts ever given to any U.S. law school....Read More
Tony Magliano’s pacifist opinions return in “America’s longest war: 10 years and counting” (CR, Sept. 29), where he repeats the Beatles’ classic, “All You Need is Love.” His advice would have us believe that peace is the normal state of mankind when history consistently teaches otherwise. He may wish it were possible for the United...Read More
WASHINGTON – As a soldier in World War II, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and won many awards for bravery. As a priest for the Archdiocese of Washington, Monsignor William O’Donnell served as a pastor, administrator and editor of the Catholic Standard newspaper.Read More