Looking back to the day a delegate for Pope Paul VI asked him to become the founding bishop of Orlando, Fla., 40 years ago, Archbishop William D. Borders admitted he was somewhat shocked.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Catholics’ respect for human life and dignity must be clear in the way they welcome migrants and refugees, offer them pastoral care and lobby their governments for fairer treatment of people on the move, Vatican officials said.Read More
During National Nurses’ Week, St. Agnes Hospital has named Angela Keppley, R.N., its 2008 Nurse of the Year. Ms. Keppley is a nurse in one of the hospital’s medical/surgical units and a parishioner of St. Clement, Lansdowne.Read More
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Catholic education administrators in Pakistan’s Punjab province say their schools face huge additional security costs as the security situation in the country deteriorates.Read More
More than 120 priests and lay alumni of St. Charles Seminary in Charlestown, St. Mary Seminary on Paca Street and St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park gathered on the latter’s campus Oct. 22 for the annual Alumni Day.Read More
A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Anne O’Connor, S.S.N.D., was offered June 12 in the chapel at Villa Notre Dame in Wilton, Conn. Sister Mary Anne died June 7; she was 89.Read More
COPAN RUINAS, Honduras – Oscar Garcia used to sell 100 pounds of tomatoes every day in the municipal market of this colonial town near the Guatemalan border. Since the June 28 ouster of President Manuel Zeyala, Garcia sells just 40 pounds of tomatoes and has to moonlight as a hotel security guard to support his...Read More
VATICAN CITY – The working document for this fall’s Synod of Bishops on the Bible called for a creative pastoral response to a growing hunger among Catholics for the word of God.Read More
The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia are among many religious orders who are embracing technology as one way to share their story and attract new members. A search of YouTube reveals videos featuring the ministry of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, Sisters of Bon Secours and the Daughters...Read More
NEW YORK – Vigorous public debate about the war in Afghanistan is preferable to ignoring the situation there and confirms that combat deaths are not in vain, according to U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Read More