WASHINGTON – Though Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., concedes there’s no political will in Washington to include illegal immigrants in health care reform, he believes it’s the country’s moral obligation to ensure that everyone in the nation receives proper medical care.Read More
STAFFORD, Va. – If there’s one thing Kelli Kellen, a parishioner of St. William of York Parish in Stafford, can attest to, it’s the sanctity of life.Read More
BALTIMORE – Maryland’s growing role in stem-cell research was highlighted Sept. 21 as researchers from around the globe gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center for the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit.Read More
Hundreds of parents, teachers, enrichment program leaders and business supporters are expected in Annapolis Oct. 6 for a forum designed to raise awareness about the BOAST Maryland Tax Credit.Read More
Virginia E. “Ginny” Dauses, the campus minister at St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis, will receive the Culture of Life Medal of Honor Oct. 4 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, where Cardinal William H. Keeler, archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will celebrate the Respect Life Mass at 11 a.m.Read More
Jerry Wachter’s letter “Temper rhetoric” (CR, Sept. 17) needs clarification. Abortion is not an “issue.” It is murder, plain and simple. We are Catholics first and Americans second, if we have any hope for securing our eternity with almighty God. In addition, our Constitution clearly advances the principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of...Read More
The letters to the editor of Michael Macro and Richard E. Wachter (CR, Sept. 17) taking issue with Archbishop O’Brien’s comments on Sen. Edward Kennedy reflect an unbecoming ignorance of our Catholic faith.Read More
Thanks to Archbishop Timothy Dolan, whose column in the Sept. 10 issue of Catholic New York perfectly captures the fervor of so many of us in promoting our Catholic schools. His column follows.Read More
WASHINGTON – With President Barack Obama’s controversial May commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame several months past, the president of the Indiana school has forged ahead with plans for a national discussion on abortion.Read More
RARITAN BOROUGH, N.J. – When about 15 men on motorcycles wearing “colors” or leather vests arrived at St. Ann Church, they weren’t looking for trouble.Read More
WASHINGTON – Questions about membership, living arrangements, the ministries in which members participate and spiritual life, including the practice of prayer and the frequency of Mass, are included in a questionnaire sent Sept. 18 to 341 congregations of women religious in the U.S.Read More
KALAUPAPA, Hawaii – As Sacred Hearts Father Christopher Keahi handed out new “St.” Damien prayer cards in St. Francis Church in anticipation of the priest’s Oct. 11 canonization in Rome, a guest with a most special connection to Hawaii’s first saint sat in a middle pew.Read More