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January 19, 2012

South Korean farmers lament eviction

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea – Seventy-year-old Susan Kim Soon-deuk has toiled for 50 years to transform a tidal mud flat into farmland, but the South Korean government has taken it from her. “I feel victimized by the government’s plan to convert our village to a U.S. military base. I suffered a lot in reclaiming fertile farmland...
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January 19, 2012

Families, friends gather at Paris cathedral to pray for crash victims

PARIS – Families and friends of the 228 victims of Air France Flight 447 processed into Notre Dame Cathedral carrying candles in memory of those who lost their lives in the Atlantic Ocean.
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January 19, 2012

Philippine president’s agenda includes issues of concern to bishops

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The agenda President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced for the second half of her term includes issues that some Philippine bishops have targeted as concerns.
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January 19, 2012

Bishop reports on success of ads aimed at strengthening marriage

A series of advertisements for the U.S. bishops’ campaign to strengthen marriage have been successful in the numbers of people they have reached and the awards they have garnered from professional advertising organizations, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., said Nov. 14.
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January 19, 2012

Would more money for public media mean more served by public media?

WASHINGTON – According to figures supplied by Free Press, the media-reform think tank and lobby group in Washington, the federal government spends about $1.35 per person per year on public media.
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January 19, 2012

Franciscan monastery in Washington offers glimpse of Holy Land

WASHINGTON – Since 1899, a Franciscan monastery in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington has been a popular stop for pilgrims who want a glimpse of the Holy Land. The grounds of the monastery feature dozens of replicas of significant Christian sites from Europe and the Holy Land, including many surrounding the life, death and resurrection...
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January 19, 2012

How did CRS come to be headquartered in Baltimore?

Ken Hackett’s daughter, Jenny, was born in the Philippines, and his son, Michael, in Kenya. Hackett and his wife, Joan, however, raised their family in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and sent their children to St. Louis School in Clarksville and then Mount de Sales Academy and Loyola Blakefield, respectively.
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January 19, 2012

Clarksville parishioners honor memory of daughters through scholarship

Grief and pain are temporary for parents who believe that they will be reunited with their children in eternity.
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January 19, 2012

David Brown is new principal of Cardinal Gibbons

After 30 years working in secondary education at Westminster High School, David Brown is transitioning to the Catholic school system as the new principal of The Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

St. Margaret’s anti-bullying program inspired by Columbine victim

BEL AIR – On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold approached Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. and saw Rachel Scott sitting in some nearby grass with a friend.
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January 19, 2012

Domestic violence on the rise as recession stresses hit home

WASHINGTON – On any given night Sister Betty Adams knows that usually she will see five or six women in the shelter she oversees for women fleeing domestic violence in Sierra Vista, Ariz., 80 miles southeast of Tucson.
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January 19, 2012

Gun collection reveals trend

For the second time since May, St. Gregory the Great is encouraging citizens to bring guns to its rectory July 21 to get them off of the street in response to an escalating violent-crime rate in the city.
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