VATICAN CITY – Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Benedict XVI prayed that honoring the memory of the 6 million Jews who died in the Nazi death camps would lead everyone to greater respect for each human being.Read More
A brigadier general acknowledges that her success is due in part to the training she got in Catholic schools. She got used to the discipline and uniforms, and finds the lessons useful as a she leads the Maryland National Guard.Read More
WASHINGTON – As some 20,000 people marched along F Street in Northwest D.C. after the Youth Rally and Mass for Life Jan. 22, Rebecca Ferguson, 14, observed that everyone has a reason for marching.Read More
VATICAN CITY – A draft document being studied by an international Catholic-Orthodox commission has highlighted historical common ground on the thorny issue of the role of the pope.Read More
Father Dietzen’s first response (CR, Jan. 21) misses a very important point. The question was whether a person who had an affair for many years had a lesser sin because he was impotent. The response addressed that issue, but missed the more important issue, fornication or adultery.Read More
I generally agree with George Weigel, but in his recent column, “Lord, please don’t hear this” (CR, Jan 21), I thought he overstated the adequacy of his list of Mass petitions when he said his list “covers the most important bases.”Read More
Even as Gov. Martin J. O’Malley cut millions of dollars in spending when he outlined his $13 billion operating budget Jan. 19, he spared several funding priorities Catholic leaders had been lobbying to protect.Read More
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Amid the rubble of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Haitians celebrated the lives of the archbishop and vicar general of Port-au-Prince, both of whom were killed in the country’s earthquake.Read More
As many people celebrate Catholic Schools Week and its motto “Dividends for Life,” The Catholic Review is offering this full schedule of activities happening throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More
VATICAN CITY – In a message embracing the evangelizing potential of digital media, Pope Benedict XVI asked priests around the world to use Web sites, videos and blogs as tools of pastoral ministry.Read More
WASHINGTON – Despite overcast skies, the mood at the Jan. 22 annual March for Life in Washington was decidedly upbeat as speaker after speaker urged the crowd to keep up their efforts in the pro-life arena.Read More