WASHINGTON – “A true culture of life cannot be built by changing laws alone. We’ve all got to work to change hearts,” President George W. Bush told tens of thousands of participants in the 34th annual March for Life Jan. 22. President Bush spoke by phone at the beginning of a two-hour rally on the...Read More
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Bishop Gerald A. Gettelfinger of Evansville said he will not attend an April right-to-life dinner where Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, is scheduled to speak because he objects to comments the GOP leader made about abortion.Read More
In this special section of The Catholic Review, we salute the 2,620 graduating seniors of 21 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Congratulations to the Class of 2008!Read More
Seventh grader Cecelia Cellini was concerned with more than playing during recess one weekday afternoon. Instead, she busily collected students’ signatures who were as frustrated as she with the quality of the computers in their school’s computer lab. The result culminated in a “St. John 2007 Calendar” which has raised more than $10,000 to date...Read More
Am I in the running for the world’s worst boss this morning?It’s relatively cozy at the offices of the Catholic Review Jan. 22, but the thermometer reads 5 degrees Fahrenheit, with the wind chill making the forecast 5 below, among the reasons schools are closed and many canceled their plansRead More
Alison Medlyn’s alarm clock sounded at 3:45 a.m. June 5. While her classmates were tucked away in their warm beds, the rising senior at Maryvale Preparatory School in Brooklandville was up and out the door, on her way to the Baltimore Rowing Club for a pre-dawn practice.Read More
Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Baynesville held its first science fair, in the interest of expanding its science and technology program. Students from the upper grades were judged May 26 by four professionals.Read More
Living on the Blackfeet Native American reservation in Browning, Mont., her entire life, Shainelle Birdrattler considered seeing a professional sporting event unthinkable.Read More
Sweat trickled down the teens’ paint droplet-covered faces, and dirt was embedded in their fingernails. Their hair was tussled, and they were tired after days of hard work in the blistering sun.Read More