Mercy project strengthens city, downtown corridor

Its outreach and impact have always been formidable. Now Mercy Medical Center is about to get an edifice just as impressive.
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‘It’s not easy being green,’ but it’s part of God’s plan, says pope

VATICAN CITY – Visiting Australia in July gave Pope Benedict XVI an opportunity to develop further his creation morality, which he first explained in the northern Italian Alps a year ago.
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Indian Catholics denounce commission’s endorsement of euthanasia

BANGALORE, India – Catholic officials in Kerala state have denounced the federal Law Commission’s decision to endorse the legalization of euthanasia.
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Political platform drafted with basis in Catholic social teachings

PHILADELPHIA – At a July conference on faith, politics and the quest for the common good, 800 Catholics from around the nation ratified a platform based on Catholic social teaching and aimed at capturing the attention of both political parties this election season.
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No death penalty means justice for criminal only

I disagree with the opinion of Stephen Kent’s article, “Final step to civilization? Abolish the death penalty” (CR, July 17).
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A Global Affair: Baltimore finds spirit in World Youth Day

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien challenged Baltimore pilgrims at World Youth Day to be a light of information when they return from Sydney, Australia.
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Lecture will explore dangers of New Age movement

While many people believe tarot cards, horoscopes, Ouija boards, palm reading and energy crystals are just innocent fun, Matthew D’Adamo knows they can have dire spiritual consequences.
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Bishop says weapons of war must be abolished ‘before they abolish us’

WORCESTER, Mass. – War has evolved to mean nothing but indiscriminate destruction, retired Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton of Detroit told the crowd gathered for the Catholic Worker Movement’s 75th anniversary celebration in Worcester.
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CRS official urges Congress to respond to food crisis facing Africans

WASHINGTON – A Catholic Relief Services official urged Congress to reinforce recent supplemental funding with $1.6 billion in additional resources for food and security programs in Africa.
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Dream to be missionary in China led U.S. woman to join Chinese order

LOS ANGELES – The nun walked deliberately up to the ambo at St. Martin of Tours Church in Los Angeles and adjusted her spectacles. Holding a neat sheaf of pages, she began her mission appeal.
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Mean words may kill

She had decided to try one of the online dating services. Because she loved animals, she included a picture of herself with two of her dogs.
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Summer series offers chance to ‘walk in the light’

Often when we hear the word summer we think of a period of time when one may embark on a vacation or journey. The season also evokes in our mind a “slow down” period, a time to enjoy nature and the outside, and a time to reflect on God’s creation. Thus, the Office of African...
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