The South Carolina priest who made national headlines by calling on Obama voters to go to confession before receiving communion had more to say on the subject this weekend at mass. And he drew quite a crowd of supporters. From the Greenville News: More than 50 people demonstrated outside St. Mary’s Catholic Church in downtown…

With more Americans facing that harsh reality during these harsh times, a number of Catholic parishes are stepping in with help. A glimpse, from Catholic News Service: The impact of the wave of layoffs in firms, factories, financial companies and the automotive industry can be felt in parish halls or church basements across the country…

Grim tidings this morning in the New York Post (does that paper have any other kind of tidings, by the way?) on the state of Catholic schools in New York City: In the Archdiocese of New York – which operates schools in Manhattan, Staten Island, The Bronx and northern suburbs – enrollment at elementary and…

In my home state of Maryland, a panel has taken a strong stand for life — and voted in favor of completely abolishing the death penalty. From the Baltimore Sun: While executions in Maryland are infrequent, the issue is being debated here as state executions are being scrutinized nationwide because of high-profile exonerations of death-row…

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