WASHINGTON – Pro-life activists flocking to the nation’s capital for the 37th March for Life Jan. 22 will be buoyed by recent polls that say they are among the majority of Americans who identify themselves as pro-life.Read More
WASHINGTON – As the world’s population grows and the amount and sources of potable water shrink, the number of conflicts over water access and usage is likely to increase, said members of a panel on water rights that convened Jan. 6 in Washington.Read More
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The Archdiocese of Vancouver is warming up for its own type of Olympic event. However, it won’t take place on ice or snow; it will be on the streets of the city.Read More
On Christmas Eve I attended the 4 p.m. vigil Mass at a church in Bethesda, in the Archdiocese of Washington. I have never seen so many people acting so badly in one place. Before Mass a teenager stood in the middle of church, texting on a cell phone while maintaining a conversation with the adult...Read More
VATICAN CITY – The pope’s chief liturgist, Monsignor Guido Marini, endorsed calls in the church for a “reform of the reform” of Catholic liturgy.Read More
The Baltimore Catholic League, one of the premier high school boys’ basketball conferences in the nation, will reconsider expansion, its postseason tournament format and the regular-season schedule.Read More
Your series of commentaries on health care reform has been interesting, but the latest, by Tony Magliano (CR, Dec. 10) was bizarre. As he has done before, Magliano criticizes that nebulous crowd of “many Catholics” out there who don’t measure up to his standard. He points out the urgent need to call politicians to prevent...Read More
WASHINGTON – As the Catholic Church observed National Migration Week Jan. 3-9, support for legislative efforts took the forefront amid various other steps to bring attention to the concerns of migrants and refugees.Read More
We just celebrated the feast of the Holy Family, and to some extent, this is a story of adoption. Our first adoption occurred Nov. 22, 2000. She arrived at the tender age of 4 months old because her mom, my niece, could no longer provide a caring and nurturing home for her children.Read More
When Elise Buckner turned 16 in 1976, she wanted a unique birthday gift. She didn’t pine for a car or a big party. Instead, she asked her parents, Fran and Lawrence Cornwell, to become Catholic.Read More
Before she entered the Sisters of Bon Secours, Sister Bernadette “Bernie” Claps had a very successful career in social work, a nice town house that she lived in for 16 years and a great network of friends and colleagues. She had reached her 50s, loved life and thought for sure she was “pretty much settled.”Read More