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January 19, 2012

Vandal attacks Timonium Nativity set

Standing next to toppled plastic figures of St. Joseph, the Blessed Virgin Mary and assorted sheep, Loretta Hoffman shook her head sadly and pointed to an empty manger flipped on its side by vandals. “That’s where the baby Jesus was,” she said, noting that her husband, Gil, had secured the figure with wires to prevent...
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January 19, 2012

‘Givers’ to Catholic Charities take rewarding experience

From answering the phones to gracing the children’s play area, School Sister of Notre Dame Margaret Marie Giblin does a little bit of everything at the Esperanza Center – all while in her 80s.
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January 19, 2012

Congolese bishops call on U.S. for support

In an effort to quell violence and bring humanitarian aid to thousands of displaced people, two Congolese bishops called on the United Nations, the United States and other Western powers to strengthen international peacekeeping forces in their war-ravaged country.
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January 19, 2012

Ambassadors to Vatican have diverse backgrounds

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- At first glance, the ambassadors accredited to the Vatican seem to be a group of elegant, older men gracefully ending their diplomatic careers in a posting filled with pomp and circumstance. The suits with tails, the swords, the plumed hats, sashes and medals highlight the formality of public occasions and the...
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January 19, 2012

Oak Crest residents warm to digital technology

PARKVILLE – When it comes to computer skills, there is little doubt that teenagers and young adults appear to rule the high tech, cyberspace world, but don’t tell that to many of the seniors at Oak Crest.
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January 19, 2012

Theologians’ task is to reflect on truth taught by church, pope says

VATICAN CITY – While theologians can make valuable contributions to society’s reflections on justice, peace and ecology, their main task is to reflect on the truth of Christian revelation and not simply its practical applications, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

2007 promises a world of busyness for Pope

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A new Vatican calendar features photos of Pope Benedict XVI relaxing, but the pope's own agenda for 2007 leaves little time for repose. The Vatican will be a busy place throughout the year, with hundreds of papal meetings, liturgies and other events already scheduled and several documents in the pipeline. The...
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January 19, 2012

Howard County Pregnancy Center celebrates 30 years

There’s nothing more rewarding for Kim Hartman than visiting a young woman who has chosen to keep her baby rather than have an abortion.
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January 19, 2012

More prayer and less rhetoric on life issues

I was extremely disappointed to read the angry letters from writers who are very upset by the election of Barack Obama. The majority of U.S. Catholics did not vote for Mr. Obama because he is “pro abortion.” I believe that I voted for a very moral man.
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January 19, 2012

Polish archbishop tells dissident nuns to leave convent

A Polish archbishop told a group of nuns to leave their convent after the Vatican expelled them from their order for refusing to accept a new mother superior. "There are no private religious orders in the Catholic Church where everyone can set their own rules," Archbishop Jozef Zycinski of Lublin told Poland's Catholic information agency,...
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January 19, 2012

New pavilion in St. Mary’s City traces story of birthplace of religious freedom in United States

ST. MARY’S CITY – Marylanders of all ages celebrated the state’s 377th birthday at Historic St. Mary’s City March 26, in a colorful program that included 24 fourth-graders from across the state carrying the flags of their counties and an opening procession with seven men in colonial garb portraying the St. Maries Citty Militia from...
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January 19, 2012

Vatican official says Galileo was a man of faith

ROME – Fourteen years after Pope John Paul II said the Catholic Church erred when it condemned the 17th-century astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Vatican secretary of state said the astronomer was “a man of faith” who recognized God as creator of the cosmos.
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