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January 19, 2012

Vatican official: Pope pained by clerical sex abuse in Los Angeles

PIEVE DI CADORE, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI’s closest aide said the pope was pained and concerned by the “devastating scale” of clerical sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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January 19, 2012

Migrants make significant contributions to host countries, pope says

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI described migration as “a social phenomenon of epoch-making proportions” in his social encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”).
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January 19, 2012

Black Catholic congress opens in Buffalo with 2,000 participants

More than 2,000 black Catholics from nearly 100 U.S. dioceses traveled to Buffalo, N.Y., July 12 for the start of the 10th National Black Catholic Congress.
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January 19, 2012

Priest to end religious ministry to run for Philippine presidency

MANILA, Philippines – A Catholic priest who serves as governor of the Philippine province of Pampanga has declared he is running for president of the country in the May 2010 election.
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January 19, 2012

Bishops speak about new Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien

Baltimore bishops reacted positively July 12 to news of the appointment of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien as Baltimore’s 15th archbishop, describing the new leader as “a good shepherd in the sense that he will be a good teacher, a good pastor of souls.”
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January 19, 2012

North Carolina church spearheads Catholic athlete group for teens

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – A North Carolina Catholic parish is providing a place for high school athletes to grow in their faith by adapting a national college program for their age group.
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January 19, 2012

Pope relaxes restrictions on use of Tridentine Mass

LATE BREAKING VATICAN CITY – In a long-awaited overture to disaffected Catholic traditionalists, Pope Benedict XVI relaxed restrictions on the use of the Tridentine Mass, the Latin-language liturgy that predates the Second Vatican Council. The pope said Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite, should be made available...
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January 19, 2012

Accra archbishop says Obama’s visit ‘took Ghana by storm’

WASHINGTON – Archbishop Gabriel Palmer-Buckle of Accra, Ghana, praised U.S. President Barack Obama’s July 10-11 visit to his country, telling Catholic News Service “it was glorious” and the president’s visit “took Ghana by storm.”
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January 19, 2012

CRS clinic in Zambia helps orphans affected by HIV/AIDS

WASHINGTON – Nearly two years ago in the southern African nation of Zambia, Natasha Kangwa became an orphan and was diagnosed with HIV.
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January 19, 2012

Pope urges Mexico to respect life, praises abolition of death penalty

VATICAN CITY – Emphasizing the importance of protecting human life, Pope Benedict XVI congratulated the government of Mexico for its decision in 2005 to eliminate the death penalty.
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January 19, 2012

Fall Pastoral Spanish programs available at College of Notre Dame

Registrations are being accepted for the fall 2007 Pastoral Spanish program at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore. The program assists those in the archdiocese who minister to the Hispanic community and focuses on the culture, history and faith expressions of the diverse Latino population. The curriculum will include conversational Spanish and language...
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien on the closing of Towson Catholic

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien issued the following statement on the closing of Towson Catholic High School.
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