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January 19, 2012

Needy Catholic students must be made a priority

Recent letters to the editor discussed the goal of making Catholic schools “affordable and accessible” to non-Catholics. Donald Reitz (CR, March 12) raises several issues. Is it prejudicial to deny non-Catholics access to Catholic schools? Of course, it is – otherwise public taxes would be used to fund Catholic schools and they would be called...
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January 19, 2012

People, Places, Things

During an immersion week in February, nine Calvert Hall College High School students and faculty travelled from Baltimore to the heart of the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana to live at the De La Salle Blackfeet School for a week, entirely immersing themselves in the culture of the Blackfeet Indians.
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January 19, 2012

Oregon sees highest assisted-suicide toll ever; Washington law begins

PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon’s annual report on assisted suicide showed that doctors helped 60 patients take their lives in 2008. That marked the highest annual total since the Oregon Death With Dignity Act went into effect 11 years ago.
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January 19, 2012

Pope’s condom comments latest chapter in sensitive church discussion

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Pope Benedict XVI’s declaration that distribution of condoms only increases the problem of AIDS is the latest and one of the strongest statements in a simmering debate inside the church.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop pushes for full repeal of Maryland’s death penalty

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien reiterated his support for the repeal of Maryland’s death penalty during a House of Delegates Judiciary Committee hearing in Annapolis March 17.
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocesan Irish Catholics celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Irish eyes were smiling inside an overflowing St. Patrick Church in Baltimore City March 17.
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January 19, 2012

‘Superstar’ actor makes playing Jesus his life’s work

WASHINGTON – Remember seeing “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the movies in 1973? Back then, a 29-year-old fellow named Ted Neeley played Jesus in the film setting of a Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera.
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January 19, 2012

Life issues take front and center for MCC

Two life issues are taking front and center for the Maryland Catholic Conference (MCC) as the Maryland General Assembly enters its final weeks of the 90-day session.
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal George warns of despotism if conscience rights aren’t protected

WASHINGTON – Warning that a failure to protect conscience rights would move the country “from democracy to despotism,” Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago urged U.S. Catholics to tell the Obama administration that they “want conscience protections to remain strongly in place.”
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January 19, 2012

Pope, on plane, says church can help Africa address its problems

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO CAMEROON – Making his first trip to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church can help bring answers to the continent’s chronic problems, including poverty, AIDS and tribalism.
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January 19, 2012

Q and A: Schools leader discusses difficult times, decisions

Nearly two dozen elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore reported an operating loss for the fiscal year 2008. In that same period, four high schools in the archdiocese had losses. In some cases, that loss was as much as $300,000.
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January 19, 2012

Sinn Fein leader: Keep perspective on tragic Northern Ireland murders

WASHINGTON – The president of the Irish political party Sinn Fein said the recent attacks in Northern Ireland are a human tragedy but the facts of the events should not be exaggerated.
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