Doing good by resisting evil May 3, 2017By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life, Wit & Wisdom The strength to resist evil and the power to do good can sum up the moral behavior of Christians.
‘A light that is breaking through’: Pro-lifers march on Annapolis April 4, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life, Schools, Video Pro-life supporters arrived in throngs to participate in the 39th annual Maryland March for Life March 3.
Pro-Lifers need to talk about it all January 27, 2017By Julie Walsh Filed Under: Blog, Respect Life, The Space Between With the recent attention to both the March for Women and the March for Life, I’m noticing an upswing in the chatter over what pro-lifers really stand for. The typical criticism goes something like: “You people only care about babies until they’re born!” or “You’re not pro-life, you’re pro-fetus!”This is
When your child asks about abortion April 4, 2016By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Respect Life Dinner is on the stove and I’m setting the table when our second grader walks into the kitchen.He is carrying a postcard he’s pulled out of the pile of mail.“Is this what we were talking about?” he asks, and he points to a picture on the postcard.I glance down and
Finding healing after an abortion in the Archdiocese of Baltimore January 21, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life To help with the trauma of abortion, the Catholic Church offers healing and ministry of presence.
Georgie’s Story: Choosing life when the prognosis is death January 23, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Local News, News, Respect Life The ultrasound technician who gently swept a probe across my wife’s gel-covered belly spoke hardly a word.
‘Cookie’ Harris remembered as passionate advocate for life August 29, 2014By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Respect Life Sylvia “Cookie” Harris, one of the leading pro-life advocates in Maryland and a longtime parishioner of St. Joseph in Cockeysville, died suddenly Aug. 28, a few days before what would have been her 58th birthday.
Good Friday pilgrims pray for life outside Baltimore abortion clinic March 29, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Catholics prayed the rosary outside a Planned Parenthood on March 29.
Amen: Telling questions for pregnant women January 10, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Respect Life My brother was in line at a local supermarket when he observed a young woman strike up a conversation with an apparent longtime friend. Showing off her slightly protruding belly, the younger woman announced that she was pregnant.
Archbishop O’Brien leads Good Friday pro-life walk January 19, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life As at least seven women entered a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic on Howard Street in Baltimore April 10, about 200 Catholics stood on the opposite side of the street and peacefully prayed for them and their unborn children.
O’Malley touts ‘progressive’ agenda for state October 28, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life At the end of his first term, Gov. Martin J. O’Malley believes he has succeeded in promoting what he calls a “progressive” agenda for Maryland – expanding healthcare, opposing the death penalty, supporting immigrants, increasing the earned income tax credit and enacting the first living wage in the nation.
Vatican-supported stem-cell research at University of Maryland Medical School holds ‘great promise’ May 6, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Dr. Alessio Fasano, a UM professor of pediatrics, medicine and physiology and director of the Mucosal Biology Research Center, told The Catholic Review he hopes the consortium research will lead to real treatments for gastrointestinal conditions such as celiac disease and ulcerative colitis.
