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January 19, 2012

Death toll tops 250 as spread of cholera slows in rural Haiti

WASHINGTON – Even as the death rate slowed in central Haiti a week after the first cases of cholera were reported, a multinational medical response boosted efforts to limit the spread of the disease in the poverty-stricken country.
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January 19, 2012

Church must help overcome racism in modern society, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI warned that racism is alive in modern society, and he urged the church to help overcome all forms of racial intolerance.
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January 19, 2012

Parishioner reaches out to poor and lonely

Tony DeLuca knows what it’s like to be broke. Twelve years ago, he was laid off from a vending company and didn’t know how he would make his mortgage payment. That’s when a friend suggested he call his home parish of St. Dominic in Hamilton where his sons served as altar boys. Through St. Dominic’s...
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January 19, 2012

‘Walk of Tears’ begins series of events to remember abuse victims

WASHINGTON – A “Walk of Tears” to remember and honor the victims of clergy sexual abuse in Alaska has spawned two other events to remember victims.
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January 19, 2012

No ‘Yahweh’ in songs, prayers at Catholic Masses, Vatican rules

WASHINGTON – In the not-too-distant future, songs such as “You Are Near,” “I Will Bless Yahweh” and “Rise, O Yahweh” will no longer be part of the Catholic worship experience in the United States.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. urged to stop Marianas trafficking

WASHINGTON – A Filipina forced into the sex trade and raped hours after her arrival in the Northern Mariana Islands appealed to U.S. senators to change immigration and labor laws in the commonwealth. “I know there are other women out in the (Mariana Islands) community like me,” Kayleen Entena said in her Feb. 8 testimony...
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January 19, 2012

Pope names 24 new cardinals, including two from United States

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named 24 new cardinals, including two from the United States: Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, head of the Vatican’s highest tribunal, and Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington.
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January 19, 2012

Interest in car pools rises with gas prices

With the start of the 2008-09 school year, Michelle Bussard will once again head to the car pool line at St. Stephen School with five youths piled into her Honda Pilot.
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January 19, 2012

Electronic giving makes donating to church easy

More parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore are turning to a relatively new way of encouraging parishioners to donate to their church: electronic giving. Instead of using weekly envelopes, parishioners agree to have a set amount of money transferred automatically from their checking or savings account to their parish. Some donors choose to have their...
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January 19, 2012

Building bridges: Muslims, Jews, Christians join forces for peace

VATICAN CITY – The enthusiastic exchange of calling cards and making sure caterers provided kosher and halal food are small yet critical signs of a successful interfaith conference.
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January 19, 2012

Volunteers to be trained for pregnancy center

Often people think they need to travel to other parts of the world to do mission work, yet serving others can take place in many ways at different organizations in the community.
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January 19, 2012

Capital Campaign helps restore historic windows

For almost 50 years the historic windows that were once displayed in the chapel at St. Mary’s Industrial School, Baltimore, have been sitting in storage at Our Lady of Victory, Arbutus. The parishioners and Father Timothy Klunk, pastor, are now in their second year of a capital campaign to restore, preserve and install the priceless...
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