Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

Bishops vote for board members; Bishop Madden chosen for CRS

The U.S. bishops chose new chairmen-elect for five committees, as well as their representatives to two boards, in balloting Nov. 16 and 17 in Baltimore.

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January 19, 2012

USCCB efforts on health care reform measure seen as lesson for future

The successful effort by leaders and staff members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to press lawmakers to keep abortion out of health care reform legislation in the House of Representatives provides an example for the future, according to the chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.

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January 19, 2012

Bishop Morin calls claims against CCHD’s work ‘outrageous’

Members of the U.S. bishops' subcommittee overseeing the Catholic Campaign for Human Development reassured their fellow bishops and donors that “no group that opposes Catholic social or moral teaching is eligible for funding” from their domestic anti-poverty campaign.

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January 19, 2012

School Sister of Notre Dame remembered as professor, poet and inspiration

School Sister of Notre Dame Maura Eichner, a member of the College of Notre Dame’s class of 1941 and a professor of writing there for 50 years, died Nov. 15, after a long illness.

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January 19, 2012

Reports say Pope John Paul closer to being declared venerable

VATICAN CITY – The cardinal- and bishop-members of the Congregation for Saints' Causes voted unanimously Nov. 16 to recommend that Pope Benedict XVI formally recognize that Pope John Paul II heroically lived the Christian virtues, Italian newspapers reported.

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January 19, 2012

Cathedral of Mary Our Queen celebrates 50 years

Fifty years to the day that Archbishop Francis P. Keough dedicated the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, friends and parishioners of the Homeland landmark gathered Nov. 15 to celebrate its golden jubilee.

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January 19, 2012

Faithful servants

There is always room for more servants in the Lord’s vineyard. Whether as clergy, religious or laity, the Church relies on people of faith to share their gifts with others for the glory of God and His Church.

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January 19, 2012

Bishops’ meeting opens; Cardinal George talks about role of priests

Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago contemplated a scenario of what the church would look like without priests in his presidential address on the first day of the U.S. bishops' annual fall general assembly in Baltimore Nov. 16-19.

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January 19, 2012

Schools honor veterans and those serving

Around the Archdiocese of Baltimore, students showed their support for veterans by participating in various celebrations and activities Nov. 11.

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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Kasper says provision for Anglicans is not anti-ecumenical

VATICAN CITY – The establishment of special structures for Anglicans who want to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church absolutely is not a signal of the end of ecumenical dialogue with the Anglican Communion, said the Vatican’s chief ecumenist.

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