LONDON – Britain’s two cardinals reminded Catholic politicians that it is unacceptable for them to vote for abortion rights. Cardinals Keith O’Brien of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, and Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster, England, denounced the 1967 Abortion Act May 31 as the act approaches its 40th anniversary.Read More
K.C. Bersch first visited Haiti in 1997, when she was a student at the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore. She accompanied her mother on a mission of mercy rooted in their family’s long-distance support of a child there.Read More
WASHINGTON – When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hosted a national summit on child welfare, she shined a light on a problem that is all too familiar to officials of Catholic Charities USA. “The numbers are moving in the wrong direction,” said Desmond Brown, director of health and welfare policy at Catholic Charities USA, about...Read More
WASHINGTON – Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services has been asked by the Vatican to coordinate the church’s relief and recovery efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.Read More
With four children and another one on the way, Sacred Heart, Glyndon, parishioner Denise Blair-Nellies is no stranger to creativity during the months of summer. The Reisterstown resident said she loves summer and noted one of her children’s favorite pastimes is reading. “We love to read books and share what we’re reading with each other...Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI marked the 150th anniversary of the Pontifical North American College, and said the seminary deserves thanks for “training generations of worthy preachers of the Gospel and ministers of the sacraments.”Read More
MILWAUKEE – Marquette University is receiving $51 million from an alumni couple to help build a new law school facility. A university news release described it as “the largest gift ever made by individuals to a Wisconsin college or university” as well as one of the largest gifts ever given to any U.S. law school....Read More
VATICAN CITY – The pope’s chief liturgist, Monsignor Guido Marini, endorsed calls in the church for a “reform of the reform” of Catholic liturgy.Read More
El BANANAL, Argentina – Church workers ministering to Argentine indigenous communities have been watching the Latin American and Caribbean bishops’ meeting in Brazil with bated breath, wondering whether Latin American bishops will change their methods in evangelizing the Gospel to native peoples. “We are waiting and watching with anxiety, given that before Benedict was pope...Read More
When parishioners of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary began planning a special 50th anniversary celebration for their rector’s ordination, Monsignor James V. Hobbs initially resisted the commemoration. “He’s a very gentle man and he doesn’t ever see the need to be in the spotlight,” said Michael...Read More