HARTFORD, Conn. – For the second time in as many months, Connecticut’s Catholic bishops used weekend Masses to urge parishioners to fight proposed legislation that they said attacks religious freedom.Read More
The Holy Family Catholic Community in Middletown is still in a state of deep mourning following a murder-suicide that claimed a parish family of five.Read More
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend said he was not opposed to “peaceful” demonstrations against the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Barack Obama to speak at this year’s commencement.Read More
When 49-year-old Christopher Gunty takes the helm of The Catholic Review as associate publisher and editor, July 1, the Chicago-area native will bring with him nearly three decades of experience in Catholic journalism.Read More
MEXICO CITY – The executive director of the Canadian Catholic bishops’ aid organization has expressed confidence in the groups that receive agency funds in Mexico, even though five of those partners have been accused of promoting policies that violate church teaching.Read More
HONDO VALLE, Dominican Republic – Thanks to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s Long Island, N.Y., conferences and their counterpart in Hondo Valle, Negro, a blind man whose wife would lock him in the house alone while she worked her small farm, now has a safe home.Read More
As part of a continuing effort to close an operating budget gap, archdiocesan officials announced April 16 that all Central Services employees will be furloughed for five days between April and June.Read More
Loyola Blakefield Players will stage a dinner theater production of “Sorry Wrong Number” and “The Hitch Hiker,” two short plays by Lucille Fletcher, May 7-10 at the Towson school. Originally a radio broadcast in the 1940s, the acclaimed plays were part of the “Suspense” series.Read More
I want to express my strong support for Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien. He is a real hero to not only the Catholics he leads, but to all people. His tireless efforts to help our local communities’ spiritual welfare and to improve their schools and educational systems should be recognized and applauded.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s remarks about Israel at a U.N. conference on racism as “extremist and unacceptable” and said the comments promote an atmosphere of conflict.Read More