News

Pittsburgh bishop testifies for Marriage Protection Amendment

PITTSBURGH – Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh was among those who testified on behalf of Pennsylvania’s proposed Marriage Protection Amendment at a hearing April 10 at the Allegheny County Courthouse.
Read More

Bramble confident in schools planning

The future of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Catholic schools is in the hands of Frank Bramble.
Read More

Catholic students at Virginia Tech record CD to offer hope, healing

BLACKSBURG, Va. – By noon on April 16, 2007, Bryan Schamus, a member of the Newman Community at Virginia Tech, knew that at least 22 people had been killed on campus. He quickly gathered with other student leaders of the university’s Catholic campus ministry to figure out how to respond to the tragedy, which would...
Read More

$100 million contract aids Catholic Charities’ natural disaster work

WASHINGTON – The expertise honed by years of resolute follow-up work with natural disaster victims has landed Catholic Charities USA a five-year federal contract potentially worth more than $100 million.
Read More

Pope hopes to help heal wounds of priestly sex abuse during U.S. trip

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO THE U.S. – Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped to help heal the wounds of priestly sex abuse during his visit to the United States and promised steps to ensure that such acts do not happen again.
Read More

Vietnamese Catholics protest clergy beatings, arrests of marchers

WASHINGTON – Thousands of Catholics marched on Vietnamese streets July 26 to protest the beating of two Catholic priests and the detainment of seven Catholics after a violent police raid at a disputed church site.
Read More

Archbishop catches glimpse of new church construction

LIBERTYTOWN – As workers installed ceiling lights, prepared walls for a coat of paint and erected a sanctuary platform on what was a bustling construction site April 10, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien got a sneak peek of the new St. Peter the Apostle Church now rising in Libertytown.
Read More

Indiana Jones and the Christian catacombs? Not quite

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Sometimes a job is just a job, even when from the outside it looks like it involves the stuff of an Indiana Jones movie.
Read More

Cards blank the Dons, remaining undefeated in league play

It only took one inning of offense to notch another MIAA A Conference win for the Calvert Hall College High School Cardinals baseball team, which trounced Loyola Blakefield 9-0 on April 7 on the Cards’ new home field.
Read More

Glad Greatest Generation didn’t think like Magliano

As a retired member of the nation’s military, I read Tony Magliano (CR, July 2) with interest. He impresses me as a modern day Neville Chamberlain, who is likewise blind to the reality of the real world. I and many of my military colleagues have always shared the feeling that with regard to war, no...
Read More

Questions remain after Catholic pharmacist loses appeal

MADISON, Wis. – Although a Wisconsin judge upheld the official reprimand of a Catholic pharmacist who refused to dispense a contraceptive drug to a college student or transfer the prescription to another pharmacy, debate on the issue of conscience rights was continuing in the state.
Read More

Bicyclist keeps breast cancer cause in high gear in wife’s memory

HOLLEY, N.Y. – To residents of China, Russia and a score of smaller countries, it didn’t appear that Michael Fahey was riding a bicycle built for two.
Read More
1 … 1,113 1,114 1,115 1,116 1,117 … 1,758
En español »