News

Chilean miners visit Holy Land to thank God for being rescued

JERUSALEM – Despite the overwhelming media attention they received and heated debate over the purpose of their visit, 25 Chilean miners who arrived in Israel in late February said theirs was a visit of thanksgiving.
Read More

Pope sends congratulatory message to Obama

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI sent a personal message to President-elect Barack Obama Nov. 5, congratulating him and offering his prayers for Obama and for all the people of the United States.
Read More

Vatican congregation reaffirms truth, oneness of Catholic Church

VATICAN CITY – In a brief document, the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation reaffirmed that the Catholic Church is the one, true church, even if elements of truth can be found in separated churches and communities.
Read More

NLRB: Manhattan College not religious enough to dodge union organizing

RYE, N.Y. – A contested decision by the National Labor Relations Board that Manhattan College does not hold itself out as a religious institution has paved the way for adjunct faculty to organize a union at the 158-year-old Bronx college founded by the Lasallian Brothers of the Christian Schools.
Read More

Archdiocese’s Holy Childhood Association appeals to schools to help Haitian students

As part of a relief and response plan to Haiti’s victims of the recent devastating storms, The Holy Childhood Association (HCA) of the archdiocese’s Missions office is making a faith-filled appeal to archdiocesan schools for help in collecting school supplies.
Read More

Maryland organizations support grandparents raising grandchildren

Did you know almost 99,000 children in Maryland live in grandparent-headed households? Within that number, more than 54,000 live without either parent present in the house.
Read More

Archdiocese celebrates World Day for Consecrated Life

TOWSON – When the Archdiocese of Baltimore consolidated 13 Catholic schools last year, members of religious communities were on the frontlines helping to ease the transition.
Read More

On Having an Agenda: a Great Blessing

A vast army of senior persons have to decide how to use their time. Our successes in health care have given us years – even decades – beyond the once-ironclad sixty-five, but they haven’t filled the potential void. Our generation once thought we could glide down the sunset slope, making use of the education that...
Read More

Senior Housing at Holy Korean Martyrs dedicated

Catholic Charities dedicated its Senior Housing at Holy Korean Martyrs July 10.
Read More

Communication challenges, human trafficking plague seafaring industry

VATICAN CITY – Seafarers worldwide have always faced a difficult life marked by long periods away from loved ones, but increased globalization has given rise to new challenges, including difficulty with communication and human trafficking.
Read More

Friar prays for robbers who terrorized St. Ambrose

After robbers scaled a wall topped by a fence, kicked doors in, ransacked the place and terrorized an elderly friar, Father Paul Zaborowski prayed for them.
Read More

Internet offers resources for those interested in Tridentine rite

VATICAN CITY – Libraries and the neglected corners of sacristy closets may not be the best place to find resources for taking advantage of expanded permission to use the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal for the Tridentine Mass.
Read More
1 1,004 1,005 1,006 1,007 1,008 1,759
En español »