A few days ago, someone asked me, “How do you like being in the Archdiocese of Baltimore so far?” “Well,” I said, “It’s pretty good. The first weekend I went to a horse race and the second was the long Memorial Day weekend. What’s not to like?” Of course that’s not quite the whole story....Read More
That’s the view of two legal scholars on religious liberty issues as they observe what they see as an orchestrated campaign against the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.Read More
Sex abuse victims of former Catholic school teacher John Merzbacher plan to gather for a vigil at the former Catholic Community School of South Baltimore.Read More
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” are the first words of the Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791.Read More
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation that would force employers, including Catholic institutions, to pay, directly or indirectly, for insurance for sterilization and contraceptives, including abortion-inducing drugs, stands as a religious liberty crisis.Read More
If asked to list heroes of American freedom, people might reflect on the Revolutionary era and name George Washington, Nathan Hale and Betsy Ross. If asked to name heroes of religious liberty, they might go blank.Read More
Before Leo started preschool, we had to fill out several forms full of questions. I came to one question, “Does he have any fears?”That’s easy, I thought. “Mr. Yuk and zombies,” I wrote.The next question? “Do you share these fears?” No, though I will never take him to party storesRead More