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WASHINGTON – Most colleges require students to put away their cellphones during class. However, for one class at The Catholic University of America, not bringing a cellphone to class can result in loss of points from their participation grade.

Trilogy focuses on dignity, innate worth of every human life

GILBERT, Ariz. – As a newspaper reporter, Sherry Boas made her living telling other people’s stories. Today, the home-schooling mother of four adopted children is telling her own.

Guadalupe procession, Mass in Los Angeles honor ‘mother of our roots’

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez Dec. 4 urged a crowd of 25,000 people from throughout the archdiocese to immerse themselves in a deeper conversion and to view and help each other as brothers and sisters of the “familia de Dios” (family of God).

Hundreds rally in Dominican Republic for recognition as citizens

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Hundreds of Haitian descendants born and raised in the Dominican Republic rallied in front of government offices, demanding to be recognized as Dominican citizens.

Indelible faith: Israeli ambassador shares research on pilgrim tattoos

VATICAN CITY – Intellectual curiosity about a very particular aspect of Christian pilgrimages to Jerusalem has gotten under the skin of Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See.

Mount St. Mary’s University to build grotto visitor center

Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg will construct a visitor center for the National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes this spring, providing new resources for the hundreds of thousands of people who annually visit the historic campus landmark.

25 years after ‘Economic Justice for All,’ pastoral still stirs debate

WASHINGTON – When the pastoral letter “Economic Justice for All” was published by the U.S. bishops in November 1986, its release was both the culmination of years of work and the beginning of a sometimes heated public debate.

HHS secretary says girls under 17 must consult doctors to get Plan B

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops’ pro-life spokeswoman said she was relieved that the Obama administration has decided not to allow the Plan B One-Step “morning-after pill” to be sold without a prescription to those under 17.

What’s Old is New Again

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The Catholic Review “What’s old is new again.” This well-known expression sums up the vast majority of the comments I’ve heard since our Church began using the new translation of the Roman Missal, the prayers we say each week at Mass, Nov. 26-27. Though the translation was intended to reflect more literally the original Latin […]

(Audio) Interview with Cristo Rey Network president about future of Catholic schools

I sat down with Cristo Rey network president and CEO Robert Birdsell for a frank, wide-ranging discussion about the network, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School here in Baltimore, urban education, the future of Catholic schools and thriving during the economic crisis. It’s an enlightening interview about where the network is going and how it’s going […]

Mount de Sales’ Dominican Sisters Are An Inspiration

The Dominican Sisters, as I wrote in my Dec. 8 story for The Catholic Review, are one of the big reasons Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville has become one of the most successful schools in the Baltimore area. The school, under the Dominicans, has invested in its Catholic identity and the school is now […]

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