Publications

A booklet describing Maryland Catholic Conference's public policy advocacy and its 2012 legislative agenda.

This booklet helps Catholics think through the often difficult questions that arise in times of grave illness and impending death. Developed in light of Catholic teachings and in accord with Maryland law on advance directives, Comfort & Consolation includes a practical four-page form, the Catholic Declaration on Health Care Decision Making, that Catholics can use to tell health care providers how they wish to direct their care. It covers spiritual support, nutrition and hydration, pain-relieving medication, terminal illness and pregnancy.

Comfort and Consolation: Care of the Sick and Dying

A comprehensive look at the Church's teaching on capital punishment, the application of the death penalty in Maryland, and alternatives to the death penalty.

Re-Examining the Death Penalty

The 2000 pastoral letter of the Maryland-serving bishops on capital punishment. Single print copies are free; call for bulk-order prices.

A Prayer for Mercy.