Republicans promote single issue politics

In your Sept. 11 issue, you published three articles on abortion: criticism of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her statements about when life begins; the Republican Party platform which “decried the practice of abortion and repeated its call for a human life amendment to the U.S. Constitution”; and George Weigel’s column posing abortion questions to...
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Making new sounds at Immaculate Heart of Mary

For months, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Baynesville music director Thomas Bozek had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of his church’s new pipe organ the way a father anticipates a baby.
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St. Andrew by the Bay seminars touch chord

When lifelong Washington, D.C., area native Bill Hocking recently moved to Annapolis to be closer to family members, he was on a spiritual quest.
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Political literature gets two arrested at basilica

Two demonstrators were arrested for trespassing at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore Sept. 14.
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Catholic leaders mourn death of U.S. Muslim leader

WASHINGTON – Catholic interreligious leaders mourned the death of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, who after his father’s death assumed the leadership of the Nation of Islam, a controversial U.S. “Black Muslim” group, and guided it toward more conventional Islamic faith and practice.
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Clergy should take stand against pro-abortion candidates

I was gratified to read the front page article “Knights Take Stand” (CR, Aug. 14). The article is right on about the topic of Catholics supporting political candidates that are pro-abortion, but let’s get real. For the 30-plus years it has been the Democratic Party that worships at the altar of abortion rights.
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St. John the Evangelist earns Blue Ribbon status

Sister Linda Larsen, S.S.J., sat in her office Sept. 8 and felt like dancing.
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Holy Cross celebrates history, looks to future

John E. “Jack” Vana, 70, attended Holy Cross School in Federal Hill for all eight years, was married at Holy Cross Church 48 years ago and still helps out with parish sour beef and dumpling dinners. Elizabeth Linski was baptized and married at the church, attended school at Holy Cross and worked at the parish...
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Dragon boats take over harbor, fuel Catholic Charities

As the canoe-like boats adorned with dragon heads raced across the water in Hong Kong, Harold A. Smith’s mind drifted back to Baltimore.
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Catholics worldwide reach out to Haiti following devastating storms

VATICAN CITY – Catholic relief agencies and parishes worldwide are responding to the devastation in Haiti, battered by four deadly hurricanes.
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Thousands of sick flock to Lourdes to see pope, pray to Mary

LOURDES, France – From an altar ringed with wheelchairs and stretchers, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged thousands of sick people at Lourdes to seek solace in Mary’s smile and maternal love.
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Quebec cardinal returns Order of Canada medal to protest Morgentaler

STE.-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Quebec – Flanked by the bishops of Quebec, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal announced he was handing back his 1996 Order of Canada medal to protest that the same award was given to an abortion physician this summer.
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