Westminster pastor honored as ‘Man for All Seasons’ October 28, 2013By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Michael May, a former president of the St. Thomas More Society who has known Monsignor Farmer for 48 years, described his friend as someone who has always had an innate ability to see the good in everyone and an “extraordinary empathy for anyone he ever met.”
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.
Ravens’ Matt Birk speaks up for life March 17, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life, Sports “It seems like our society and media want to push pro-lifers to the side and hope that we would shut our mouths and go away quietly,” said Birk, whose 6’4’’, 310-pound frame struck a distinct figure among the hundreds of marchers who filed through downtown streets. “Let’s not do that.”
Judge Garbis rules Baltimore pregnancy center sign law unconstitutional February 3, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life U.S. District Court Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled Jan. 28 in Baltimore that it is unconstitutional to require pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs with language mandated by the government.
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.
Center for Pregnancy Concerns celebrates three decades of service September 30, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Before the Center for Pregnancy Concerns opened in Baltimore 30 years ago, there was no place women could go in the city for help carrying unplanned pregnancies to term.
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.
Pikesville gynecologist stops giving out birth control May 6, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Local News, News, Respect Life Dispensing birth control had been a regular part of Dr. Mary Ann Sorra’s gynecological practice for eight years. Not anymore.
Archbishop O’Brien sues to overturn pregnancy center law April 1, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life The Archdiocese of Baltimore is suing Baltimore City to overturn a controversial new law that requires the city’s pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs saying they do not provide abortion or birth-control.
Couple celebrates birth of twin girls doctors had advised they abort February 25, 2010By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Their births made medical history as 29-year-old Stephania became the first known heart transplant recipient in the world to give birth to healthy twins.