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January 19, 2012

Organization to distribute $750,000 in grants to retired religious

WASHINGTON – Support Our Aging Religious, a national organization working to help U.S. religious congregations finance the retirement of their elderly and infirm members, will distribute $750,000 in grants to 44 religious congregations this year.
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January 19, 2012

Faith helps foster care student overcome odds

Living with eight different foster parents over the course of six years isn’t exactly a recipe for stability, but 18-year-old Morris Johnson didn’t let it hold him back. With strong support from Catholic educators and a deep faith in God, the young convert to Catholicism made it through Mother Seton Academy in Fells Point and...
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January 19, 2012

Christians invited to have a Blast

Robin Hale Eichelberger was looking for some converts March 12.
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January 19, 2012

One family’s struggle with immigration

When a Catonsville mother of four recently took her oath as a naturalized citizen of the United States, the event proved to be bittersweet.
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January 19, 2012

There’s an ‘app’ for that: iPhone applications devised for Catholics

WASHINGTON – In a world that boasts continual technological change, the iPhone by Apple has gained near-iconic status. Even Apple boasts there are more than 140,000 applications - or “apps,” in Apple-speak - that users can obtain for their phones.
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January 19, 2012

St. Ignatius parishioner donates $1 million to Kernan Hospital

When Charles B. Reeves Jr., 84, was a child, his father would take him and his brother to Kernan Hospital, Baltimore, as he “made rounds” on Sundays. Charles Reeves Sr. became president of the Kernan board of directors in 1936, serving for 19 years. In 1959, the junior Mr. Reeves joined the board to take...
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January 19, 2012

Parents’ passion reflects commitment to schools

Dedrah Richards has sent her son, Torian, a seventh-grader, to three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Blog aims to educate public on preparing for possible pandemic

WASHINGTON – What do the founder of eBay, the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services and a Mercy nun/ethicist have in common?
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January 19, 2012

No greater love: Speakers say celibacy mirrors Jesus’ love for all

VATICAN CITY – Exceptions to celibacy for priests in the Roman Catholic Church can be puzzling, including for young priests enthusiastic about their vocation.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services has new headquarters

WASHINGTON – When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien approved plans in 2005 to move the military archdiocese’s headquarters from its location at The Catholic University of America’s Theological College, he and his staff hoped a new building would raise the profile of an archdiocese that serves one of the Catholic Church’s largest populations. The end result...
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January 19, 2012

U.S. bishops pledge to help rebuild church institutions in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Walking around the massive tent city at the Petionville Club March 2, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of San Antonio wondered what will become of the thousands of Haitians left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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January 19, 2012

New book details Hitler plot to kidnap pope, foiled by Nazi general

WASHINGTON – An SS general close to Adolf Hitler foiled a plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII during World War II and to put the Vatican and its treasures under Nazi control, according to a new book. The book, “A Special Mission” by Dan Kurzman, refutes arguments that Pope Pius XII maintained a public silence...
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