PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence and Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York strongly criticized remarks by Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., about the U.S. bishops’ role in the health reform debate.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Members of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes met May 8 to consider the cause of Pope Pius XII and apparently voted to recommend that Pope Benedict XVI formally declare him venerable. Passionist Father Ciro Benedettini, vice director of the Vatican press office, confirmed the congregation had met, but since the result of...Read More
WASHINGTON – Bishop Donald W. Trautman of Erie, Pa., former chairman of the U.S. bishops’ liturgy committee, sharply criticized what he called the “slavishly literal” translation into English of the new Roman Missal from the original Latin.Read More
Women in frilly bridesmaids' dresses, a wedding cake and a traditional bouquet toss are just some of the trappings of a wedding – minus a bride or groom – that will mark the fourth-annual Bridesmaid's BINGO, a May 23 wedding-themed fundraiser for Catholic Charities' My Sister's Place.Read More
Dr. Norman Dy, a program director of the St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Internal Medicine Residency who has his own private practice, uncovered the truth about medical myths in a recent interview.Read More
WASHINGTON – A report sent to the U.S. bishops by their National Review Board and Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People said the safe environment education programs for children in dioceses across the nation are “a major accomplishment and one that must continually be maintained and reinforced.” It proposed criteria for evaluating...Read More
Just two days after pulling off a gigantic upset of The Baltimore Sun’s No. 2 football team, Gilman, Calvert Hall’s Donald Davis was named High School Coach of the Week by the Baltimore Ravens Oct. 12.Read More
BEIJING (CNS) -- As Chinese Catholic seminaries and religious communities work to train a new generation of priests and nuns, many religious leaders say their greatest need is for people to learn religious formation -- how to accompany a candidate in religious life. "We still have a great need for formation work," said Auxiliary Bishop...Read More
VATICAN CITY – Development aid that is tied to promoting abortion, contraception and cutbacks in social and educational programs represents a form of “cultural imperialism” from the West that must end, said some African bishops.Read More
A deacon’s son and a graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School, Baltimore, will move closer to their goal of priesthood on May 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, when they are ordained transitional deacons. John Rapisarda, 29, and Ernest Cibelli, 25, will be...Read More