Law (Secular)

Annual Red Mass a source of spiritual strength for lawyers, attendees say
Dec 05 2012
Catholics in Maryland’s legal community gathered Dec. 4 at the Shrine of St. Alphonsus, Baltimore, for the annual Red Mass.

Archbishop Lori celebrates Red Mass in Dallas
Aug 27 2012
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty, celebrated a Red Mass, for members of the legal profession, in Dallas Aug. 26. The text of Archbishop Lori’s homily at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe follows.

Appeals court to rehear pregnancy center’s free speech case
Aug 20 2012
A federal court case involving the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns and the Archdiocese of Baltimore is scheduled for a rehearing, voiding an earlier court decision upholding the center’s free speech rights.

Provision left after immigration ruling could be model for other laws
Jul 06 2012
The Supreme Court's ruling overturning much of Arizona's immigration law is still leading to heated debates.

Archbishop Lori's address on the eve of receiving pallium
Jun 28 2012
On June 28, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori delivered this address on religious Liberty Most Reverend to the Religious Liberty Observatory of the Italian Ministry of External Affairs and the City of Rome

Archbishop Lori reacts to Supreme Court health care ruling
Jun 28 2012
Archbishop Lori said the Supreme Court's upholding of the Affordable Care Act doesn't affect concerns about “contraception mandate.”

Archbishop Lori praises court for upholding free speech for pregnancy centers
Jun 27 2012
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore called the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals June 27 decision to uphold a lower court’s ruling affirming a Baltimore City pregnancy center’s right to free speech “a major victory for the First Amendment and for those people who seek to live their lives and faith according to it.”

Catholic Review wins 7 journalism awards
Jun 26 2012
The Catholic Review received seven awards, including two first-place honors, for reporting and editing from the Catholic Press Association June 22.

Archbishop Lori: Church must remain ‘obstacle’ to completely secular culture
Jun 21 2012
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore held up two cherished martyrs as a source of inspiration for American Catholics June 21.

Another Catholic 'swing vote': Supreme Court gets the health reform law
Mar 16 2012
Catholics will play a key role as the Supreme Court hears arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Ruling over teacher’s firing could have far-reaching implications
Jan 16 2012
WASHINGTON – The direction the courts will take with other cases related to religious employment is far from clear, but the Supreme Court’s Jan. 11 ruling opens a whole track of possibilities.

Making the old new: Vatican encourages a recovery of ‘apologetics’
Jan 15 2012
VATICAN CITY – In the Catholic Church, it’s true that everything old can be new again, and the Vatican wants one of those things to be the art of “apologetics” – dusted off and updated to respond to new challenges, including those posed by militant atheists.

Supreme Court upholds church school’s exception to laws against firing
Jan 12 2012
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Jan. 11 upheld the idea that a “ministerial exception” to anti-discrimination laws means the church can’t be sued for firing an employee who the church classified as a minister.

Newman website fosters faith, fellowship among students, campus ministries
Dec 07 2011
MELBOURNE, Fla. – They are the future of the church and world and it just makes sense that as young adults pursue advanced education for their careers, they should be able to deepen their faith with prayer, fellowship and knowledge about their faith at the same time.

Bishop Finn avoids indictment, signs agreement with county prosecutor
Nov 17 2011
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph has agreed to meet monthly for the next five years with a county prosecutor to avoid a possible criminal misdemeanor indictment for failing to report a priest suspected of child abuse.