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January 19, 2012

Vatican foreign minister discusses church-state relations in Cuba

VATICAN CITY - The whole question of a separation between church and state originated with Jesus, who told believers they must give to God what belonged to God and to Caesar what belonged to Caesar, the Vatican’s foreign minister told a gathering in Cuba.
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January 19, 2012

Woodmont celebrates Epiphany

In the Hispanic culture, the Epiphany is almost as important as Christmas. It is the day when the three kings traveled far from home to visit a newborn baby, in the City of Bethlehem. For the past four years, Woodmont Academy, Cooksville, Spanish teacher Patricia Stack has been helping to educate students from pre-kindergarten to...
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January 19, 2012

Charity is on the ball with polo fundraiser

Clarksville – Attendees at the Ten Oaks Cup Polo Match in Clarksville June 12 could not have asked for a better day. The sunny, breezy weather brought out tailgaters in sundresses, khakis, and, for many of the ladies in attendance, the requisite sunhat, all in support of Our Daily Bread Employment Center in Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican official repeats calls not to execute Hussein

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Repeating a remark he often has made since former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003, Cardinal Renato Martino expressed hope that the deposed dictator would not be executed. "There is no doubt" that Saddam was a ruthless dictator responsible for hundreds of deaths, said Cardinal Martino, president of the...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops discuss role of Catholic media with those who practice it

NEW ORLEANS – The bishops who met with Catholic media professionals in New Orleans June 4 said they hoped the gathering would lead to more such dialogues and pledged to report on the session to their fellow bishops.
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January 19, 2012

CRS set to relocate to the Stewarts Building

Catholic Relief Services officials told about 50 dignitaries touring the renovation site of their new headquarters Dec. 15 they hope to move all 350 employees from their current building on Fayette Street to the old Stewarts Building, the former grand dame of Baltimore department stores, by July 2007. “It will once again be a building...
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January 19, 2012

Honor the deceased by honoring the living

I always liked the definition of coincidence as: “When God remains anonymous.” When things or people show up in our lives that make a difference in our lives, I like to think that they were brought by God. Allow me to offer an example.
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January 19, 2012

Excommunicated archbishop ordains two more married men as priests

Raymond A. Grosswirth of Rochester, N.Y., and Dominic Riccio of Newark are the latest married men to be illicitly ordained Catholic priests by excommunicated Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo. Like the married Zambian archbishop who ordained them, the two were automatically excommunicated for participating in an ordination ceremony not sanctioned by the church.
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January 19, 2012

Next health reform challenges: Court cases, state laws and confusion

WASHINGTON - The new health reform law might have overcome its first hurdles, but it still faces a multitude of challenges - in the courts, in state legislatures and in the minds of many confused Americans.
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January 19, 2012

1st Northeast Baltimore Spanish Mass attracts more than expected

Maria Santini of Parkville received an early Christmas present during her weekly visit to St. Michael the Archangel, Overlea. Dec. 3 – a Mass celebrated in her native Spanish language The Venezuelan-born parishioner of the church joined her two daughters and bilingual husband, along with more than 100 fellow Spanish-speaking Catholics, for the parish’s first...
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January 19, 2012

Praying with students, Vatican official says abusers face special hell

VATICAN CITY – Praying with a group of students preparing for ministry in the church, the Vatican’s chief prosecutor of clerical sex abuse cases said there is a special place in hell for priests who abuse children.
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January 19, 2012

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was born into a wealthy, Episcopalian family on Aug. 28, 1774, in New York City. At age 19, she married William Magee Seton and had five children. After her husband died, Elizabeth was a poor widow. She converted to Catholicism in 1805. She started a school for girls in Baltimore at...
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