Catholic Health Initiatives, which sold St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson to the University of Maryland Medical System in December, agreed Feb. 7 to pay the state and federal governments $4.9 million to settle allegations that the hospital overbilled Medicare and Medicaid programs.Read More
In her article, "Welcoming strangers" (CR, Jan.24), Sister Linda Stilling recounted a sympathetic anecdote concerning an undocumented alien with a fraudulent driver's license bearing another man's photo.Read More
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a National Prayer Movement for the Year of Faith, which ends Nov. 24. The USCCB asks all people of faith to join the movement to pray for our nation, life marriage and religious liberty. Prayer is holy, patriotic, efficacious, a spiritual work of mercy, and it works when...Read More
While Hattie Carroll suffered from chronic hypertension and most likely was diabetic, the accepted wisdom is that she died because of the color of her skin.Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore experienced a $12.6 million deficit at the close of the 2011-2012 fiscal year, according to an annual report released to the Catholic Review at the end of January.Read More
OK, this won’t be the first time in my life I’ve been accused of being late to the party, so to speak. It’s been a few days since the Ravens triumphantly rolled into town earlier this week after a thrilling Super Bowl victory over the 49ers. Meanwhile, my keyboard has beenRead More
It’s time for the Media Review Office of Catholic News Service to offer its top 10 movie selections - and top 10 family films list - for 2012.Read More
A funeral Mass for Sister of St. Francis of Assisi Margaret Mary Sullivan was offered Jan. 16 at Clare Court Convent in Baltimore. Sister Margaret Mary died January 11.Read More
Notre Dame Preparatory School junior Caitlyn Rayman and Mercy High School freshman Julia Gusmano and sophomore Grace Gibbons are three of the 10 finalists in Notre Dame of Maryland University’s 2012 Sister Maura Eichner Award for Young Poets.Read More
Whether young women are interested in the arts or in the medical field, The Catholic High School of Baltimore will prepare them more fully for the collegiate level by offering two new programs.Read More