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Movie Review: ‘Straight Outta Compton’

August 17, 2015

The proper limits of free speech and the appropriate use of violence are topics raised in the striking dramatization “Straight Outta Compton”.

Catholics among initial responders to those injured in Tianjin blast

Catholic Review

August 17, 2015

News

The morning after the industrial blast in Tianjin, China, the Tianjin Diocesan Social Service Center helped line up 60 volunteers.

Benefits of toddler adoption: Why I’m so happy we adopted our children as toddlers

Catholic Review

August 17, 2015

News

On Aug. 22, 2011, my husband and I stood in an office in Guangzhou, China, as our younger son was placed in our arms. He was hot, tired, absolutely precious, and 20 months old.When we adopted his big brother two years earlier, he had just turned 2.I often hear couples

20th Sunday 2015

Archbishop William E. Lori

August 16, 2015

Archbishop Lori Homily

Introduction It’s a joy to return to Westernport to offer Mass here at St. Peter’s. The last time I was here, I was the still-new Archbishop of Baltimore. Now I have a few more miles on my odometer and it’s great to be back. Among the reasons I’m so happy to be here is that […]

African cardinal: Synod will be flexible with regional family situations

Catholic Review

August 16, 2015

News

One of the leading voices among Africa’s bishops predicts a new flexibility in Catholic teaching at this October’s Synod of Bishops on the family.

Goal of rosary rallies to ‘bring souls closer to Christ,’ says leader

Catholic Review

August 16, 2015

News

Eight football teams and an archbishop gathered the night of July 30 for a Sports Leader Rosary Rally

U.S. Embassy in Cuba reopens, ending 54-year diplomatic break

Catholic Review

August 15, 2015

News

Secretary of State John Kerry officially reopened the U.S. Embassy in Cuba Aug. 14.

Hancock pastor will pace walking pilgrimage to papal Mass in Philadelphia

Catholic Review

August 15, 2015

News

Father John “Jack” Lombardi will lead a walking pilgrimage from Baltimore to Philadelphia during papal visit.

The case for an apolitical church

Catholic Review

August 15, 2015

News

We live in hyper-political world, and as a result, the Catholic Church has been dragged into the sphere of politics. Church leaders can make a million statements and do a million actions, but the media will only focus and report on the political ones. Subsequently, the church is portrayed as

125th Anniversary Father McGivney’s Death

Archbishop William E. Lori

August 14, 2015

Archbishop Lori Homily

Introduction A newspaper clipping survives that describes the sermon which a Dominican priest delivered at Father McGivney’s funeral Mass. It says that “Father Higgins’ remarks occupied about forty minutes, and many were moved to tears.” If I were to speak for forty minutes this afternoon there would not be tears but desperation. So, in the […]

Memories made during Camp GLOW mountain retreat

Catholic Review

August 14, 2015

News

Special bonds and memories were made in the mountains of Garrett County Aug. 10-14.

Statement Regarding Msgr. Joseph Davies

Sean Caine

August 13, 2015

Press Release

Monsignor Joseph Davies died in 1992. On August 31, 1993, a man in his 50s contacted the Archdiocese to report that he had been sexually abused as a child by Davies in the 1950s. The Archdiocese reported the allegation in writing to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on September 8, 1993 and offered the victim […]

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