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January 19, 2012

CRS thanks St. Vincent de Paul for generous donation

Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services President Ken Hackett formally thanked Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore for nearly $18,000 in recent contributions to fund aid for people in impoverished parts of the world.
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January 19, 2012

Mexico City’s cathedral reopens with police support

MEXICO CITY – Church officials reopened Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral with the support of nearly 50 police officers after services were suspended when protesters interrupted a Mass and kicked over pews.
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January 19, 2012

Report linking crucifixes, Chinese sweatshops denied

NEW YORK – There is no “conclusive evidence” to back up allegations that crucifixes sold in the gift shop at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and other religious goods stores were made in Chinese sweatshops, the Archdiocese of New York said in a Nov. 21 statement.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican official: Homelessness demands response

VATICAN CITY – Homelessness is “a global pandemic” that demands a Christian response and government intervention, a Vatican official said during the Vatican’s first international conference addressing the pastoral needs of the homeless.
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January 19, 2012

Maryland Catholics urged to engage in immigration dialogue

The Maryland bishops launched a campaign Nov. 19 urging the state’s 1 million Catholics to engage in a faith-filled dialogue on immigration.
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January 19, 2012

101-year-old Josephite priest, Father Robert O’Connell dies

A funeral Mass was offered Nov. 27 for Father Robert O’Connell, S.S.J., who at 101 was the longest-lived Josephite priest, one who had served God for 66 years.
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January 19, 2012

Catholics celebrate feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Hundreds of Spanish-speaking Catholics are expected to attend the annual celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 9 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland.
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January 19, 2012

Pope expresses hope for Annapolis peace conference

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped the U.S.-sponsored peace conference in Annapolis, Md., would help Palestinians and Israelis reach a “just and definitive solution.”
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January 19, 2012

Pope creates 23 cardinals

VATICAN CITY – In a liturgy that emphasized the church’s cultural diversity and its unity of mission, Pope Benedict XVI created 23 new cardinals from 14 countries.
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January 19, 2012

U.N. nuncio urges religions to speak’ against violence

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Religious leaders must speak out “loud and clear” against those who try to use sacred texts such as the Quran or the Bible to justify violence or human rights violations, the Vatican’s nuncio to the United Nations said in a lecture at the University of Notre Dame.
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January 19, 2012

Joseph production combines cast from six schools

Sophomore Ashley Davis and junior Beth Amann spent their school day Nov. 16 in silence. Winter scarves wrapped around their necks, they wrote periodically on dry erase boards to communicate. The girls were “saving their voices.”
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January 19, 2012

The Catholic Review travels to Dominican Republic

A Catholic Review staff writer, Chaz Muth, will travel to the Dominican Republic, Nov. 26-30, to bring readers first-hand accounts of conditions there, especially among the poor.
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