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January 19, 2012

FDA approves drug its opponents say is known to cause abortion

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to approve a drug labeled as an emergency contraceptive is a “dangerous step toward erasing any meaningful distinction between contraception and abortion,” said the U.S. bishops’ pro-life spokeswoman.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. Dominican province welcomes its biggest class of novices in decades

WASHINGTON – Statistics show a drastic fall in the number of people entering religious life since the 1960s, yet during ceremonies Aug. 7, the Dominican Province of St. Joseph formally accepted 21 men as novices – the province’s largest novitiate class since 1966.
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January 19, 2012

Appeals court grants stay on same-sex marriages in California

WASHINGTON – The Aug. 16 decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to prevent the state of California from conducting same-sex marriages while an appeal is under way drew cheers from same-sex marriage opponents.
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January 19, 2012

Toronto archbishop leads by example, sponsors Iraqi refugee family

TORONTO – For Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins, the fate of Iraqi Christians trapped in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon is not just another tough case in an unfair world full of too much heartbreak. For him, the situation is personal.
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January 19, 2012

Holy Angels School ready for inaugural year

Ten-year-old Andre Dickerson is pumped to be one of the first students at the brand-new Holy Angels Catholic School in Southwest Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

LCWR members urged to maintain ‘hope in the midst of darkness’

DALLAS – Contrasting events of the last year that have both spotlighted the accomplishments of women religious and focused broad attention on challenges facing the Catholic Church, the outgoing president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious urged the organization to maintain hope that the Gospel will guide members to articulate their mission with “inclusive...
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January 19, 2012

Bomb served purpose

Re Tony Magliano’s column (CR, Aug. 5), granted, the Japanese war machine was stressed … so why was Japan still up for a fight? For the most part the Japanese army on the home islands and in China was still very much intact. As Americans it was hard for us to comprehend why this enemy...
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January 19, 2012

Hispanic retreat stresses Virgin Mary, Eucharist

SEVERN – They came to encounter Jesus, receive the blessing of his mother, the Virgin Mary, and to both celebrate and learn about two important aspects of the Catholic faith.
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January 19, 2012

Mount Carmel steps into great unknown with football

Patrick Williams always wanted to play football, but his parents thought he would get hurt.
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January 19, 2012

Benedictines sue in federal court for right to sell caskets they make

NEW ORLEANS – Standing behind a simple, cypress casket handcrafted by the monks of St. Joseph Abbey, Benedictine Abbot Justin Brown asked a federal court in New Orleans Aug. 12 to bury a Louisiana law allowing only licensed funeral homes to sell caskets to the public.
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January 19, 2012

Chinese Catholics use feast of Assumption to pray for mudslide victims

LANZHOU, China – Catholics across China paid tribute during the feast of the Assumption to those who died in a mudslide the previous week.
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January 19, 2012

New principal appointed for St. Casimir School

After six years as principal of the now-closed St. William of York School in Baltimore, Noreen Heffner is taking on a new role as principal of St. Casimir School in Canton.
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