CUMBERLAND – In an April 28 town meeting marked by a combination of hopefulness, apprehension and anger, approximately 250 people gathered at St. Mary in Cumberland to ask questions about a proposal to create a new area parish out of five existing ones.Read More
CHICAGO – Father Michael Pfleger, the outspoken pastor of an African-American parish on Chicago’s South Side, has been suspended from the priesthood after saying he would leave the Catholic Church if he were to be reassigned.Read More
WASHINGTON – The election of Sen. Barack Obama as president Nov. 4 climaxed a dramatic political year in which the faltering economy ultimately steered voters’ decisions.Read More
GUATEMALA CITY – Church leaders say 80 million pages of secret police records being reviewed by the government promise Guatemalans a rare chance to rewrite the history of their violent land. The moldy records were found by accident in 2005 in an abandoned section of a police compound in Guatemala City. Some of the records...Read More
LINTHICUM – In one of its best showings in recent years, The Catholic Review was honored by the Maryland, Delaware, DC Press Association with eight editorial awards and 10 advertising awards during an April 21-22 convention at the Sheraton BWI Hotel.Read More
The Roman basilica of Sts. Cosmas and Damian tends to elude the casual tourist and the hurried pilgrim, although it’s right off the Via dei Fori Imperiali between Trajan’s column and the Coliseum. A visit at any time is worthwhile, as the apse mosaics are among the most spectacular in Rome – sixth and seventh...Read More
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – The seemingly invincible ideologies of consumerism and hedonism and the reign of violence and terror will all be defeated by God’s love, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
“This guy may have saved my life,” my good friend Lt. Col. Robert Dalton said to me as he sat down in my kitchen and placed a book in front of me recently. “What guy?” I asked. “That guy,” replied Bob, a retired member of the United States Marine Corps and Davidsonville resident, as he...Read More