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January 19, 2012

Pope Benedict says Pope Pius worked bravely, secretly to help Jews

VATICAN CITY – Pope Pius XII worked courageously, secretly and silently to help save Jews targeted by the Nazis’ “criminal plan ... to eliminate them from the face of the earth,” said Pope Benedict XVI.
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January 19, 2012

Church helps Peruvian quake victims

LIMA, Peru – When it comes to dealing with disasters like the powerful earthquake that struck Peru’s southern coast Aug. 15, the Catholic Church has an advantage – the pastors know the people. In responding to an emergency, “you build on your strengths,” said Aaron Skrocki, South American emergency program manager for Catholic Relief Services,...
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January 19, 2012

Hundreds pray in Montgomery County for conversion of late-term abortion doctor

GERMANTOWN – About 700 Catholics gathered in their winter hats and coats for an early morning Mass and prayerful protest Dec. 11 outside an abortion clinic to pray for the conversion of LeRoy Carhart, a doctor who recently came to Montgomery County from Nebraska to perform late term abortions.
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January 19, 2012

Clear church teaching on prolife issues is needed

Where can we go to get the clear Catholic Church’s teachings and stay properly informed?
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January 19, 2012

Mount St. Mary’s enhances campus emergency plan

Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, announced they are first in the nation to work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a plan for responding to a campus crisis, announced president Thomas H. Powell.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican, PLO resume talks toward building comprehensive agreement

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican and the Palestine Liberation Organization have resumed diplomatic talks and agreed to establish a working group dedicated to drafting a comprehensive agreement between the two parties.
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January 19, 2012

Prayers offered at Capitol for poverty to become a campaign issue

WASHINGTON – The needs of poor and marginalized people deserve the same attention from government officials as the current needs of Wall Street’s failing financial firms, said a group of religious leaders.
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January 19, 2012

Couple’s divorce case raises host of questions

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Can a lesbian couple married under Massachusetts law allowing gay unions obtain a divorce in Rhode Island? That’s the issue before the state Supreme Court, and the decision will be significant enough that the court, in a rare act, invited arguments on specific questions.
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January 19, 2012

Pope, ecumenical leader discuss fate of Christians in Middle East

VATICAN CITY – The Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, gave Pope Benedict XVI a wooden box carved in Syria as a sign of ecumenical concern for the fate of Christians in the Middle East.
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January 19, 2012

Rosedale parish, Knights mark, World Day of Prayer for Peace

The Knights of Columbus and members of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer paused at the Rosedale parish on the morning of Sept. 11 to observe the Knights’ World Day of Prayer for Peace.
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January 19, 2012

Loyola grad makes first promises with Paulists

Tom Gibbons, a 35-year-old former parish council member of St. Matthew, Northwood, made first promises with the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, the Paulists, during an Aug. 4 Mass at St. Paul’s College in Washington, D.C.
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January 19, 2012

Sister retires after 23 years of welcoming the poor at Beans & Bread

Sister Eleanor Noll was part of a small community of Benedictine sisters who relocated to Baltimore in 1971, during a time when nuns were changing not just their traditional habits but also their roles.
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