VATICAN CITY – The third phase of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission will begin in May with 18 bishops and scholars set to examine the theology behind some of the thorniest questions creating tensions within the churches and keeping Catholics and Anglicans apart.Read More
BOGOTA, Colombia – A team of police investigators was following leads Feb. 2 as they worked a week after two priests were gunned down in suburb of the Colombian capital.Read More
WASHINGTON – The primary concern in Cairo is to fix the constitution and meet the needs of the Egyptian people, said Father Beshoi Anis, pastor of Holy Family Coptic Catholic Church in Toronto.Read More
DUBLIN – A group representing more than 400 of Ireland’s 4,500 priests has made an urgent plea to the country’s bishops to postpone the introduction of the new English translation of the missal for at least another five years.Read More
WASHINGTON – Religion has had its role to play in the mass rallies in Egypt protesting the oppressive regime of President Hosni Mubarak, according to the head of the Arab American Institute.Read More
LAHORE, Pakistan – Church commissions and human rights organizations in Pakistan have called on the government to allow “freedom of conscience and expression” by curbing increasing extremism in the country.Read More
If the large house at 2102 South Road in Mount Washington could speak, it would tell happy tales of the 11-member Kunkel family who once lived under its roof.Read More
The good people who operate pro-life crisis pregnancy centers and all who value the sanctity of human life celebrated a great victory this week. The Baltimore City law requiring these centers to post signs stating that they do not provide abortion and contraceptive services was declared unconstitutional by a U.S. District Court judge.Read More
Here at The Catholic Review, we’re not lawyers – we don’t even play them on TV – but way back in 2009, we said a bill proposed by the Baltimore City Council aimed at what the city called “limited-service pregnancy counseling centers” was bad law, and bad public policy. It turns out, we were right.Read More
In response to a column I wrote earlier this year about “living in the now,” a wonderful man gave me this very insightful prayer, a prayer that he says every day.Read More
ALLOUEZ, Wis. – If the Super Bowl is anything like the National Football Conference championship game, Norbertine Father Jim Baraniak said he expected an overflow crowd. The Packers’ Catholic chaplain wasn’t referring to the attendance at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, but rather the Mass to be celebrated before the big game Feb. 6.Read More