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January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012

More prayer and less rhetoric on life issues

I was extremely disappointed to read the angry letters from writers who are very upset by the election of Barack Obama. The majority of U.S. Catholics did not vote for Mr. Obama because he is “pro abortion.” I believe that I voted for a very moral man.
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January 19, 2012

Courage

To make a long story short: a priest of 11 years, I returned to my native Archdiocese of New York in 1976 with a doctorate in moral theology, all the while expecting I would be assigned to the faculty of our Archdiocesan Seminary of St. Joseph, Dunwoodie, in Yonkers. Such was not to be.
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January 19, 2012

Girl depicted in statue says Polish pope changed her life

As Melissa Brent crept closer to the 7-foot, 850-pound bronze statue, not even a steady late-November rain could dampen her joy.
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January 19, 2012

Cyprian Rowe, leading African-American Catholic figure, dies at 74

WASHINGTON – Cyprian Lamar Rowe, a social justice activist, poet, author and leading figure in the African-American Catholic community in the U.S., died Nov. 25 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson, after a long illness. He was 74.
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January 19, 2012

Congolese Catholics ask Canada to help stop war in their country

OTTAWA – A delegation of Congolese Catholic leaders appealed to Canada to help stop the war in their central African country.
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January 19, 2012

Keep focus on FOCA

The letter “Don’t be fooled by venomous writers” (CR, Nov. 27) attacked four of the five letters published in the Nov. 20 issue, which expressed anger and concern over legalized abortion. Three of those four letters addressed the Freedom of Choice Act. The letter falsely claimed one of the letter writers was praying for the...
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January 19, 2012

Political agenda doesn’t reflect faith

Anne R. Brusca’s letter (CR, Nov. 27) is the perfect example of a Catholic who is ready, willing and able to throw the church under the bus to promote her own political agenda. She states, in part: “The right to life doesn’t stop with birth.” Maybe, but by supporting the people and political policies that...
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January 19, 2012

St. Agnes opens new parish center

Father Carl F. Cummings and Susan Banks couldn’t contain their glee. The pastor of St. Agnes, Catonsville, and its elementary school principal watched as the eighth grade girls’ basketball team became the first group to use the new $4 million parish center.
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January 19, 2012

Polochick keeps ‘Messiah’ true to Baroque era

Edward Polochick has been conducting Handel’s “Messiah” in Baltimore since 1982, but he never grows tired of it.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic Charities USA warns against fraudulent e-mails on Internet

WASHINGTON – Catholic Charities USA officials have demanded that groups using the Catholic Charities name to solicit funds on the Internet discontinue using the trademark and urged potential donors to research the authenticity of an organization before making a contribution.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. bishops’ pro-life official, other pro-life leaders honored

NATICK, Mass. – Richard P. Doerflinger, associate director of the U.S. bishops’ Office of Pro-Life Activities in Washington, was named one of six winners of the inaugural Life Prizes awarded by the Gerard Health Foundation in Natick.
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January 19, 2012

Pope begins Advent by asking Christians to be signs of hope

VATICAN CITY – In their prayers and through their actions in Advent, Christians are called to be signs of hope for a world marked by holiness and justice, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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