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January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012

Thanks from parish Respect Life Committee

Thank you for covering the banning of churches from Hampdenfest (CR, Oct. 6). Organizers are backpedaling to say that the banning of churches was a “misstatement” or “misunderstanding,” but in fact the organizers sent St. Thomas Aquinas an email saying there would be no “religious or faith based groups” in this year’s festival. That seemed...
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January 19, 2012

Postal worker victims of anthrax attacks remembered at shrine

WASHINGTON - Two postal workers who were killed in 2001 when anthrax-tainted letters were sent through the U.S. mail were remembered at an Oct. 21 memorial at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
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January 19, 2012

Nancy Paltell honored with Culture of Life Medal

Faced with a General Assembly and a string of governors who have mostly opposed pro-life legislation in the last decade, Nancy Paltell doesn't have the easiest job in Annapolis. That doesn't stop the pro-life lobbyist from being one of the leading voices in support of measures that champion respect for life from conception until natural...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops visit U.S.-Mexico border, hear migrants’ stories of violence

EL PASO, Texas - Thousands of Mexican citizens are fleeing the violence that continues to plague the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. That was the message from college professors, the director of a refuge for migrants and the migrants themselves to members of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions during a recent...
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January 19, 2012

Mass attendance down, but Catholics remain loyal to their faith

WASHINGTON - Although Mass attendance continues to decline among American Catholics, loyalty to Catholic identification remains strong, according to the results of a new survey commissioned by National Catholic Reporter newspaper.
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January 19, 2012

Poverty report perplexing

In “For U.S. Hispanics, poverty is growing little relief ahead” (CR, Oct. 13), Dennis Sadowski’s sympathetic report (CR, Oct 13) opened with, “Bundled against a gusty, cool autumn wind . . .”
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January 19, 2012

Baltimore teens get up-close and personal with homelessness

Working with a cardboard box, duct tape and plastic bags, 17-year-old Justine Lago did her best to construct a makeshift shelter similar to those made by Baltimore’s homeless. She soon realized it took more skill than she anticipated.
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January 19, 2012

Remembering Father Shaum

The late Father David Shaum’s impact on the church (CR, Oct. 13) is far wider than the Mount St. Mary’s University community. During his time in Emmitsburg, he assisted at many parishes in Frederick, Washington and Carroll County, as well as in parishes in Pennsylvania along its border with Maryland.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican document calls for global authority to regulate markets

VATICAN CITY - A Vatican document called for the gradual creation of a world political authority with broad powers to regulate financial markets and rein in the “inequalities and distortions of capitalist development.”
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January 19, 2012

Rome celebrates Blessed John Paul feast day; sainthood cause proceeds

ROME - Thousands of Catholics in Rome celebrated the first feast of Blessed John Paul II Oct. 22 and the promoter of his sainthood cause said he has received several reports of healings that could be the miracle needed for the late pope’s canonization.
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January 19, 2012

Young adult excitement is growing in archdiocese

Buzz is building amongst people in their 20s and 30s in the Archdiocese of Baltimore as they seek to find their place in the church.
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January 19, 2012

Men in Black games get a ‘W’ in promoting vocations

SEVERN – Things didn't start off very well for the Men in Black. At the tip-off of an Oct. 22 basketball game pitting the team of seminarians and priests against Anne Arundel County youths from eight parishes, the black-clad players learned immediately that their younger opponents meant business.
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