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January 19, 2012

St. Joseph surgeon straightens crooked spines

Sarah Markiewicz was sitting on her living room floor a year ago when her father, Jeff Markiewicz, noticed that one of her shoulders seemed to be sticking out.
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January 19, 2012

Parishioners in the archdiocese donate blood often

Sue Miller is a champion. A plaque proves it on the Wall of Champions at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, and her hospital ID badge announces it as well. Attached to her badge by a gold pin, the garnered award reads, “Putting you first” with “Champion” scrawled across it. “I wear it on my ID badge...
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January 19, 2012

Belgian bishops pledge measures to prevent further clergy sex abuse

BRUSSELS – Belgium’s Catholic bishops said they would learn from their errors after an independent report highlighted hundreds of cases of sexual abuse by clergy.
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January 19, 2012

McAuliffe can’t speak at Catholic alma mater

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse Diocese made headlines when it denied former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe an opportunity to speak at his alma mater, Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School. Mr. McAuliffe was initially scheduled to speak to about 100 fellow alumni at Ludden Feb. 24, and hold a signing for his new book,...
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January 19, 2012

New learning center shines at Cristo Rey

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School dedicated a sparkling new academic center Sept. 7 before a crowd of dignitaries, benefactors, trustees, clergy and students.
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January 19, 2012

Black America: gaining ground, losing traction

WASHINGTON – Three themes run through black America, according to the Rev. Robert Franklin: celebration of heroic individual and collective achievement; closure of persistent racial gaps in such areas as education and health; and anxiety about losing ground and “mobilizing to reverse negative trend lines.” Rev. Franklin, author of the new book “Crisis in the...
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January 19, 2012

Farewell to arms: Former papal militia serves church with new mission

VATICAN CITY – A small cadre of men wearing sleek, dark blue suits and red ties with thin, yellow stripes keep their eyes on pilgrims streaming through St. Peter’s Basilica. The men, who help maintain order and decorum in the basilica, especially during papal ceremonies, are local volunteers for a charitable organization whose history is...
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January 19, 2012

San Diego Diocese files for bankruptcy

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Diocese has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to handle more than 140 clergy sexual abuse claims equitably. It is the fifth and largest U.S. diocese to do so since 2004. San Diego Bishop Robert H. Brom announced the decision Feb. 27, the day before the first abuse lawsuit...
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January 19, 2012

Praise for Father Hipsley

I am writing to commend the cover story (CR, July 29) on Father Milton Hipsley. Too often we marginalize those who have memory problems or some form of dementia. I am grateful that you publicly acknowledge someone who is dealing with this issue and yet continues to minister in wonderful ways. I have worked with...
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January 19, 2012

The paradox of world’s most Catholic continent

LIMA, Peru – When church leaders from throughout Latin America gather in Brazil in May for the fifth general conference of the Latin American bishops’ council, they will be grappling with the contradictions of life on the world’s most Catholic continent. While more than 450 million of the region’s 551 million people are considered Catholic,...
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January 19, 2012

Pope prays for trapped Chilean miners, greets U.S. seminarians

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI offered his prayers for the 33 men trapped underground in a gold and copper mine in Chile.
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January 19, 2012

Pope supports Polish archbishop who resigned

OXFORD, England – Pope Benedict XVI expressed support for an archbishop who resigned because of links to communist-era secret police. “I would like, above all, to offer words of encouragement, inviting you to stride forward with confidence and peace in your heart,” Pope Benedict said in a letter to former Warsaw Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus. “I...
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