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January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012

Where is the outrage on Gaza?

With the possible exceptions of Pope Benedict XVI’S new appeal for peace in Gaza (CR, Jan. 8) and the rebuke of Israel over the conditions in Gaza by Cardinal Renato Martino, the head of the Pontifical Council for Peace and Justice, Catholic groups and organizations and their church leaders have been unbelievably subdued and disproportionately...
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January 19, 2012

Pope has right prescription for economic crisis

Our pope spoke (CR, Jan. 8) eloquently and let us hope persuasively about the global economic crisis when he said “are we ready to read it in all its complexity as a challenge for the future and not just an emergency needing short term responses?” The pope’s prescription needs to be taken seriously. The politicians...
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January 19, 2012

Thy Perfect Light

Last Tuesday, the Vatican officially recognized the Epiphany of the Lord, or Three Kings Day, with Pope Benedict XVI celebrating the Feast (moved to the previous Sunday in Baltimore and many local Churches throughout the world) which marks the visit of the Magi who followed a star to a manger in Bethlehem in pursuit of...
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January 19, 2012

Make a resolution to be happy

Of all the resolutions we might make, why not choose a happy life? Allow me to tell a true story. I call it the parable of the two taxi drivers!
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January 19, 2012

Here comes the sun … across the mountaintop

A country preacher once reminded us that, “Everything in the universe moves, when there is hope in the air.” The observation seems true as we begin 2009 with the inauguration of the first African-American president of the United States.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. church-state model faces new challenges, speakers say

ROME – The traditional U.S. model of church-state relations has been praised by Pope Benedict XVI as a form of “healthy secularism,” but it risks being eroded by those who want to limit religion’s influence in public life, speakers at a Rome conference said.
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January 19, 2012

Gallup finds two-thirds see religion’s influence on the decline

WASHINGTON – Two-thirds of Americans see religion as having a declining influence on U.S. society, marking one of the lowest ratings in the five decades since the Gallup Poll first began asking the question.
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January 19, 2012

New York parish sends chalice home with families to pray for priests

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Parishioners of St. Kilian Church in Farmingdale not only pray for vocations at every Mass, they take their petitions home with them.
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January 19, 2012

Obama, Mexican president both urged to care for migrants

WASHINGTON – More than a week before he was to take office, President-elect Barack Obama met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, prompting advice and recommendations about how the two leaders’ governments should be handling immigration, among other matters.
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January 19, 2012

Religious life through the centuries

From the days of the ancient desert monks to new forms of community today, religious life has always responded to the challenges of the times. Here’s a sampling of the major moments in the history of religious life.
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January 19, 2012

The Catholic press reflected Maryland disdain for Lincoln

With the 200th anniversary of his birth on Feb. 12 neatly following the inauguration of Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president, Abraham Lincoln remains very much in the public eye.
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January 19, 2012

General Assembly opens session

Mary Ellen Russell is in for a baptism by fire in her inaugural year as executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.
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