Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

Archdiocese takes to Washington for immigration reform

Saying they were following in the footsteps of civil rights activists Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dorothy Day, a contingent from the Archdiocese of Baltimore traveled to Washington to pray for immigration reform.

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January 19, 2012

Pope visits tomb of St. Padre Pio, asks priests to imitate him

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy – St. Padre Pio's devotion to the Eucharist, the hours he spent in the confessional and his concrete care for the sick make him a model all priests should try to imitate, Pope Benedict XVI said.

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January 19, 2012

Diocese reconfigurations evolve in a rapidly changing church

(This is the first story in a series looking at diocesan reconfigurations through parish closings and mergers.) CLEVELAND – Just about every Sunday for the last dozen years, Pat Korcheck makes a 24-mile trek from her comfortable home in suburban Mentor to St. Cecilia Church in Cleveland's Mount Pleasant neighborhood for 9:30 a.m. Mass. She...

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January 19, 2012

Dispensing condoms in schools trivializes sexuality, says papal vicar

ROME – Distributing condoms to teens in high schools in the Italian province of Rome trivializes sexuality and neglects the need to teach responsibility and respect, said the papal vicar for Rome.

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January 19, 2012

Father Holthaus retires, but love of calling remains

On the day of his ordination, Father Paul G. Holthaus was approached by his second-grade teacher, Sister of St. Joseph Inez Loyola.

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January 19, 2012

Frederick family, parish help artist develop her craft

The talent belongs to Christine Conko.

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January 19, 2012

Bishops, college presidents seek dialogue after Notre Dame controversy

WASHINGTON – In the wake of the University of Notre Dame controversy involving President Barack Obama delivering its 2009 commencement address, some U.S. bishops and Catholic university presidents are preparing for dialogue aimed at reaching a consensus about speakers on their campuses.

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January 19, 2012

Survey: Thailand, Gaza, South Africa among worst places for refugees

WASHINGTON – Thailand, Gaza and South Africa were ranked as some of the “worst places for refugees” in the 2009 World Refugee Survey for attacks and abuse by militaries and xenophobic civilian mobs.

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January 19, 2012

Off the radar: Pope’s teaching ministry finds little echo in media

VATICAN CITY – News coverage of Pope Benedict XVI tends to leap from big event to big event, so perhaps it’s no surprise that after his Holy Land pilgrimage last month the German pontiff has fallen off the mainstream media radar.

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January 19, 2012

Women religious to combat human trafficking for 2010 sporting events

ROME – Criminals thinking about trafficking women and children for prostitution at the world’s largest sporting events in 2010 will have to face the combined force of hundreds of women’s religious orders.

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