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January 19, 2012

Good reviews: Vatican newspaper sees Obama’s start in positive light

VATICAN CITY – In a season of tension between the U.S. Catholic hierarchy and President Barack Obama, the Vatican newspaper has offered some unexpectedly upbeat reviews of the president’s first four months in office.
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January 19, 2012

Volunteer keeps blog as resource for others

WASHINGTON – “You leave your family, you leave your friends, and you know that you’re going to be gone for two years,” said Patrick Furlong. “A lot changes. When I get back, I don’t know what it’s going to be like.”
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January 19, 2012

Bishops urge Senate committee to uphold Defense of Marriage Act

WASHINGTON - The U.S. bishops have urged the Senate Judiciary Committee not to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, calling it important for human rights and the common good.
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January 19, 2012

Members of Congress urge Obama to maintain conscience protection

WASHINGTON – Two members of Congress have called on President Barack Obama to make good on something he said in his May 17 speech to University of Notre Dame graduates, namely that he wished to “honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion.”
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January 19, 2012

New world CRS headquarters dedicated in Baltimore

As Cardinal William H. Keeler blessed the new world headquarters for the Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services Sept. 12, he marveled at the craftsmanship of the renovated building and said it’s a testament to what can be accomplished when Catholics and Jews join forces. Comparing the $33 million project to his work with the Jewish-Catholic affairs...
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January 19, 2012

Commonwealth to lift law banning monarchs from marrying Catholics

MANCHESTER, England – The law that bans a British monarch from marrying a Catholic is to be lifted after more than 300 years.
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January 19, 2012

Pay closer attention to example of Jesus

In his book, “Jesus before Christianity,” Father Albert Nolan, currently provincial for the South African Province of the Dominicans, says that “there is no mistaking the two quite different ways in which power and authority are understood and exercised. It is the difference between domination and service.”
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January 19, 2012

Loyola Blakefield grad gets on base with the Ironbirds

Loyola Blakefield, Towson, graduate Mike Gioioso got the call last week that he was moving up the ranks of the Orioles’ organization from the Bluefield Orioles out of West Virginia to the Aberdeen Ironbirds, a short-season Class A affiliate of the Orioles. Gioioso, a versatile infielder, graduated from Loyola Blakefield in 2003 and then attended...
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January 19, 2012

Priests overjoyed and humbled by monsignor honors from pope

Pope Benedict XVI has recognized the stellar ministry of three priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore by conferring the title “monsignor” on two of them and raising a previously named monsignor to the highest rank of monsignor.
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January 19, 2012

On plane to Rome, pope says he found desire for peace in Holy Land

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ROME – Flying back to Rome after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI offered an instant analysis of his eight-day trip.
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January 19, 2012

Christianity not just legacy of Europe, but way to future

VIENNA, Austria – Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Austria for a three-day pilgrimage, saying Christianity was not just the legacy of Europe’s past but “the way to the future.” The pope stepped off his chartered Alitalia jet Sept. 7 in heavy rain at the Vienna airport, where he was welcomed by Austrian President Heinz Fischer,...
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January 19, 2012

Vatican document calls for global authority to regulate markets

VATICAN CITY - A Vatican document called for the gradual creation of a world political authority with broad powers to regulate financial markets and rein in the “inequalities and distortions of capitalist development.”
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