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January 19, 2012

Vatican official says religions must be free for peace

The only way to ensure that religions contribute to peace rather than violence is to guarantee religious freedom and promote religious education so believers understand that peace and harmony are at the core of every religion, the Vatican’s foreign minister said.
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January 19, 2012

In Germany, pope says religious values still essential for society

BERLIN - Arriving in Germany for a four-day visit, Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended the church’s voice in public affairs and said that to dismiss religious values as irrelevant would “dismember our culture.”
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January 19, 2012

Poll illustrated identification vs. faith

“Gallup looks at moral issues in the United States” (CR, April 9) contains several misleading statements about the Catholic faithful. It implies that 40 percent of Catholics find abortion acceptable, 63 percent accept embryonic stem cell research, 67 percent accept sex between unmarried men and women and 61 percent believe that it is alright to...
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January 19, 2012

Cat tells children how his best friend became Pope

Chico the cat thinks he is in the “purrfect” position to tell children the story of how one of his best friends became Pope Benedict XVI.
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January 19, 2012

Police detain, threaten Mexican priest, activist, two migrants

MEXICO CITY – A Catholic priest in southeastern Mexico–- known for his outspoken defense of undocumented Central Americans arriving from neighboring Guatemala – was detained for several hours and threatened by soldiers and state police.
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January 19, 2012

Indiana bishop urges Catholics not to participate in Obama protests

WASHINGTON – Calling the protests against President Barack Obama’s planned commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame “unseemly and unhelpful,” Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., advised Catholics not to attend such demonstrations.
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January 19, 2012

Pope ordains bishops, asks them to be ‘guardian angels’

Ordaining new bishops for the first time in his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI called six men to be “guardian angels” of the people entrusted to their care.
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January 19, 2012

Local universities celebrate high national rankings

Baltimore’s Loyola University Maryland and Notre Dame of Maryland University and Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg were all celebrated in the Sept. 13 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s 2011-2012 “America’s Best Colleges” survey.
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January 19, 2012

Beaten Chinese priest connects with Christ’s passion on Palm Sunday

FENGXIANG, China – A Chinese priest who was injured in a church property dispute with the local government said that narrating the part of Jesus during a Palm Sunday Mass helped him to connect his suffering to Jesus’ suffering.
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January 19, 2012

Doctor denies John Paul refused nutrition

Pope John Paul II’s personal physician has vehemently denied an Italian doctor’s claim that the late pope refused nutritional support that would have prolonged his life.
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January 19, 2012

Reaching out to Hispanic population a must for those in ministry

Mary Bosley began her job as a coordinator for religious education at St. Clement I in Lansdowne less than a month ago. With kindergartners through sixth graders under her guidance, she has to meet many families, many of whom come from Hispanic backgrounds.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop is ‘disappointed,’ ‘bewildered’ by honor to Obama

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien said he is “disappointed and bewildered” by the decision of University of Notre Dame officials to honor President Barack Obama with an honorary doctorate at this year’s graduation ceremony.
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