As expected, President Obama has begun his campaign to promote abortion from the White House. Instead of simply reacting angrily, prolifers need to breathe deeply and think seriously about what’s going on and what’s likely to happen next.Read More

Given the unique status of the Holocaust as an icon of evil in a morally confused world, Holocaust-denial triggers revulsions similar to those triggered by blasphemy in the Middle Ages: the Holocaust-denier must be shunned, for everyone else’s moral health. Thus it was completely understandable that, when Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunications of four...Read More

Freshly invigorated with a new name and a restructured program, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is set to launch in parishes Feb. 7-8 with the theme “Do everything for the glory of God.”Read More

A Senate bill that would lift the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases in Maryland would have a devastating impact on parishes, schools and ministries in the three dioceses serving the state, Catholic leaders said.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Fasting from food and detaching oneself from material goods during Lent help believers open their hearts to God and open their hands to the poor, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More

NEW YORK – The New York Archdiocese has announced that the 10 archdiocesan Catholic high schools it operates will become self-sufficient, effective with the start of the 2009-10 school year in September.Read More

Again, the one-issue pro-lifers are lambasting the new president, one whom I proudly voted for. I say good riddance to eight years of failed Bush policies. All someone has to do is holler “pro-life” and you look no further at stances on other important issues.Read More

Many thanks to Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien for his vision, dedication and commitment to Catholic education in using the valuable human resources of the Baltimore community (clergy, religious, teachers, business leaders, creative thinkers and others) to design and implement a strategic plan for the preservation and forward-moving growth and development of our Catholic schools (CR,...Read More