MADRID – World Youth Day pilgrims got down to business in Madrid Aug. 17 as the first catechesis classes taught by archbishops and bishops were held in locations throughout the city.Read More
MADRID – A cloudless blue sky turned to inky night as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims participated in the opening Mass for World Youth Day, celebrated by Madrid Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela in the Plaza de Cibeles.Read More
WESTMINSTER – Energetic kids filled the auditorium of St. John’s School every morning from June 27 to July 1 for the parish’s Vacation Bible School. Not everyone running around, however, was a camper.Read More
In “Archbishop on marriage, ‘Maryland is not N.Y.’” (CR, Aug. 11), the battle between Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and Gov. Martin J. O’Malley over the so-called “gay marriage” bill was lost long before the bill ever arrived on the governor’s desk. The well-educated governor playing the conscience card to justify a clear mistake in judgment...Read More
MANCHESTER, England – A 2010 law is providing conscience protections for health care professionals in England who believe in “the sanctity of life from conception onward,” regardless of their religious beliefs.Read More
As winter snow lay on the ground, two horses pulled a carriage to the front of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Jan. 19. They carried the flag-draped coffin of William H. Torbit Jr., a Baltimore City police officer who was shot and killed several days earlier and whose life was to be...Read More
WASHINGTON – Close to one-third of the world’s citizens have faced increased restrictions on religious practice and expression imposed on them by their respective nations’ governments, according to a study issued Aug. 9 by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Public Life.Read More
Regarding “Archbishop on marriage: ‘Maryland Is not N.Y.’ ” (CR, Aug. 11), I am so saddened and feel so terribly sorry for Gov. Martin O’Malley. Even if he is not in agreement with his church on the fundamental truth supported by 2,000-plus years of Western civilization thought and practice, where is his common sense?Read More
ORANGE, Calif. – The Diocese of Orange has upped its bid to buy the Crystal Cathedral complex in Garden Grove from $50 million to $53.6 million.Read More
MEXICO CITY – Ricardo Salazar Sanchez boarded a northbound bus in the central state of Guanajuato with 22 fellow residents for a journey to the U.S.-Mexico border – and a subsequent attempt at crossing into Texas, where potential construction jobs awaited.Read More