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January 19, 2012

Maryland man files abuse suit against priest, Illinois religious order

CHICAGO – A Maryland man filed a civil suit April 14 in U.S. District Court in Chicago claiming that a priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart sexually abused him over an eight-year period when he was a child in the 1980s.
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January 19, 2012

Mr. Cao goes to Washington as first Vietnamese-American in Congress

NEW ORLEANS – If his recent whirlwind tour of Capitol Hill was any indication, Anh “Joseph” Cao knows he will be in for the ride of his life over the next two years.
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January 19, 2012

Scribes give pope volume of illustrated Bible

VATICAN CITY – It’s being called the Sistine Chapel of calligraphy. The Saint John’s Bible will be the first handwritten and illuminated Bible penned with ancient methods since the invention of the printing press, according to its creators.
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January 19, 2012

Protect rights, well-being of circus workers, animals, says Vatican

VATICAN CITY – The rights of circus and carnival workers must be protected and circus animals must be properly cared for and treated ethically, said a top Vatican official.
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January 19, 2012

Ex-cop leads crew at New Cathedral Cemetery

Frederick V. Roussey heads a cemetery crew like the city cop he once was. The day begins with morning roll call in the house at a corner of New Cathedral Cemetery, where he is superintendent. There, he dispatches his crew in new fire-engine-red trucks to the 125-acre cemetery in West Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Take me out to the ballpark – with the pope

The new Nationals Park in Washington, D. C., officially opened March 30. By the time Pope Benedict XVI arrives at the first “green” major league baseball stadium in the United States, the smell of peanuts and Crackerjacks will have permeated the air for only seven Washington Nationals home games.
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January 19, 2012

Immigration stance wrong

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s column “Immigration a Test of Faith” (CR, Feb. 24) is a test of faith to read on the part of this Catholic who cannot understand the position he is taking on immigrants who are here in this country illegally. Instead of focusing on fixing the perceived problem with the immigration process...
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January 19, 2012

Follow Mary’s example, archbishop urges

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien urged Catholics to follow the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary by accepting God’s will despite fears and worries.
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January 19, 2012

MacMillan to lead BSO in his own works

Scottish composer James MacMillan, who is Catholic and a political activist, will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in performing two of his works at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on April 4 to 6.
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January 19, 2012

State limits on child sex abuse cases make for a confusing picture

WASHINGTON – When two men alleged that they had been abused in Texas during the 1970s and ’80s by a man associated with the youth wing of the Knights of Columbus, they filed suit not in Texas but in Connecticut, where the Knights’ national headquarters is located.
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January 19, 2012

Same-sex marriage vote said no sign of disregard for gay Catholics

LOS ANGELES – In a message to homosexual Catholics in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and the six auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese said the recent vote in California defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman “does not diminish in any way (your) importance” nor “lessen your...
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January 19, 2012

Chinese church leaders respond to Vatican talks

HONG KONG – Several Chinese bishops interviewed by an Asian church news agency expressed concern about the “government of dioceses,” an item the Vatican said was recently discussed at a meeting of a special church commission on China.
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