Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

Planning papal trips takes diplomacy, collaboration, fine-tuning

VATICAN CITY – For the Vatican, preparing a papal trip is a lengthy exercise in diplomatic skill, ecclesial collaboration and logistical fine-tuning.

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January 19, 2012

Through contacts, past trips, pope has finger on pulse of U.S. church

VATICAN CITY – When Pope Benedict XVI visits the United States this spring, he will not be stepping into the unknown. Through his many personal contacts with American church leaders and papal diplomats, his past trips to the U.S. and his ability to remember much of what he hears and reads, Pope Benedict has his...

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January 19, 2012

U.S. ecumenical ties strong despite challenges to Christian unity

WASHINGTON – More people profess Catholicism in the United States than any other single religion. There are 64.4 million Catholics, representing close to 22 percent of the nation’s total population.

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January 19, 2012

Pope to gather with 200 religious leaders at interfaith prayer service

WASHINGTON – When Pope Benedict XVI comes to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington for an early-evening interfaith prayer service April 17 with Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and representatives of other religions, space will be at a premium.

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January 19, 2012

Pope to address broad spectrum of U.S. Catholic educators

WASHINGTON – When Pope Benedict XVI comes to Washington this spring, he will deliver a one-hour address on Catholic education April 17 to presidents of U.S. Catholic colleges and universities and Catholic school superintendents from every U.S. diocese and archdiocese.

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January 19, 2012

In U.S. pope will find multicultural church marked by stronger laity

WASHINGTON – What kind of Catholic Church will Pope Benedict XVI find when he arrives in the United States in April? How similar or different will it be from the U.S. church community that greeted Pope John Paul II on his first papal visit in 1979 or his last trip to the U.S. in 1999?

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January 19, 2012

Scholar, pastor, enigma: German pope defies easy caricature

VATICAN CITY – Americans will soon have their first close-up encounter with Pope Benedict XVI, a figure who, in the minds of many, is still coming into focus.

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January 19, 2012

Gators ‘upbeat’ all season

What a ride 2007-2008 was for head coach Jackie Boswell and The Seton Keough High School, Baltimore, basketball team. Boswell knew early on that her team, made up of a handful of talented seniors and an eager group of underclassmen, were going to make a run for the title.

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January 19, 2012

Pilgrims take faith to the streets of Baltimore

The “young church” thronged the sun-filled streets of East Baltimore, as some 1,300 Catholic pilgrims followed youths carrying a large wooden cross and bundles of palms through neighborhoods decked out for St. Patrick’s Day.

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January 19, 2012

Archbishop challenges school leaders

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien challenged 90 presidents and principals of Catholic schools to take a more proactive role promoting vocations to the religious life.

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