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The Judiciary Committee’s disputed decision to advance legislation that would redefine marriage in Maryland is both regrettable and irresponsible. Instead of strengthening and protecting marriage, our State has moved one step closer to dismantling it altogether, a move that would threaten the stability of society and families for current and future generations. It is only […]

Pakistani Christians bid farewell to slain government minister

BANGALORE, India – More than 20,000 Christians from all over Pakistan flocked to the remote village of Kushpur in the Faisalabad Diocese for the funeral of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s assassinated minister for minorities.

Catholic leaders implore parishioners to contact Maryland delegates on same-sex marriage bill

As the full House of Delegates prepares to begin what is expected to be an intense debate on legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland, Mary Ellen Russell is imploring Catholics to contact their delegates and make their voices heard on the issue.

French president appeals to Christian past

His popularity waning with a year to go before an election, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is reminding the French of their Christian heritage. The Syndey Morning Herald has the story. Reuters photo Nicolas Sarkozy, the leader of a secular republic, has been photographed with Catholic nuns before praising Christianity, stoking nationalist sentiment and questioning the […]

Supreme Court upholds First Amendment rights in funeral protest case

March 3, 2011

WASHINGTON –The First Amendment right to free speech trumps the rights of a deceased Marine’s family to be protected from emotional distress intentionally inflicted by extreme and outrageous protests outside his funeral, the Supreme Court ruled March 2.

Cardinal Keeler and the Psychic Reader

George P. Matysek Jr.

March 3, 2011

Blog, The Narthex

Cardinal William H. Keeler, master of the one-liner, meets with George P. Matysek Jr. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)During a March 2 testimonial at a special celebration of Cardinal William H. Keeler’s upcoming 80th birthday, Richard Berndt told a story that demonstrated why friends know the retired archbishop as a master of

Archbishop O’Brien to Celebrate Ash Wednesday Masses at Cathedral and Basilica

Sean Caine

March 2, 2011

Press Release

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore will celebrate the following Ash Wednesday Masses on March 9, 2011: The Baltimore Basilica, Cathedral Street, Downtown, 12:10 p.m. The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles Street, 5:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period when the Catholic Church asks the faithful […]

John Carroll wins, 57-45

The rise to the top is complete. John Carroll is headed to the Alhambra tournament in Cumberland to face the country’s best Catholic teams.

And it all comes down to this…

At the end of the the third quarter of the BCL Championship, John Carroll leads, 35-30. Can they hold on? Follow me on twitter @catholicreview

Second half action

John Carroll leads with 5:00 remaining, 31-26.

BCL halftime

John Carroll leads St. Frances in their first BCL title game appearance, 29-22. Follow my tweets @catholicreview

John Carroll trying to shake St. Frances