Catholic newspaper to offer free ads for jobless and employers

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – With Rhode Island’s unemployment rate one of the highest in the nation, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence has announced a new weekly feature to connect unemployed Rhode Islanders with companies offering jobs.
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Leaders of Pakistan diocese condemn US, Israeli military actions

FAISALABAD, Pakistan – Church leaders in eastern Pakistan have demanded an end to American military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Israeli attack on Gaza.
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First Things founder Father Richard John Neuhaus dies from cancer

WASHINGTON – Father Richard John Neuhaus, a former Lutheran minister who became a Catholic priest and a staunch defender of church teaching on abortion and other life issues, died Jan. 8. He was 72.
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Pope says world’s future depends on ethical solutions to poverty, war

VATICAN CITY – Saying the future of the world was at stake, Pope Benedict XVI called for major new efforts to reduce global poverty, end regional conflicts and restore ethics to global financial systems.
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Gaza Strip resembles a concentration camp, says top Vatican official

VATICAN CITY – The Gaza Strip increasingly is looking like “a big concentration camp” while egoism, hatred, poverty and injustice are fueling the continual slaughter in the Holy Land, said a top Vatican official.
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Funeral for surgeon killed in Iraq fills Philadelphia cathedral

PHILADELPHIA – The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was filled Jan. 5 for the funeral Mass of Dr. John P. Pryor, 42, a U.S. Army Reserve major and the trauma program director for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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St. Mary’s students celebrate Life Week

Ginny Dauses walked out of her St. Mary’s High School office Jan. 7 when the bell rang for 9 a.m. classes.
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Single again, Catholics looking to find place in church

Many couples share everything during their marriage, from a favorite restaurant to friends and, perhaps most importantly, a parish.
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Rallies marking abortion anniversary set for days after inauguration

WASHINGTON – Thousands of pro-life marchers are expected to rally in Washington Jan. 22 to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, just days after President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated.
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San Francisco church, chancery vandalized with graffiti

SAN FRANCISCO – Most Holy Redeemer Church in San Francisco and the administrative offices of the Archdiocese of San Francisco were vandalized in early January with graffiti critical of the church’s support of Proposition 8, the California voter initiative that overturned last May’s state Supreme Court ruling declaring that all couples have the right to...
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National Vocation Awareness Week is Jan. 11-17

Parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will join parishes across the country in promoting religious vocations during National Vocation Awareness Week Jan. 11-17.
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Why we march!

Every Jan. 22 for the last 35 years, pro-life Americans from all over the country and pro-life representatives from all over the world have been coming in massive numbers to the March for Life in Washington, D.C.
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