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January 19, 2012

Amid cathedral rubble, Haitians celebrate church leaders’ funerals

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Amid the rubble of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Haitians celebrated the lives of the archbishop and vicar general of Port-au-Prince, both of whom were killed in the country’s earthquake.
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January 19, 2012

Text of Pope Benedict’s homily at Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

NEW YORK – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s homily at a Mass with bishops, priests, religious and seminarians at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York April 19.
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January 19, 2012

Rutledge makes others better at Calvert Hall and beyond

Roy Lobdell knows greatness is inside Forrest Rutledge. The wrestling coach sees it on the mat and in the hallways of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson each day.
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January 19, 2012

Pope’s visit to synagogue ‘clear message’ of good will, rabbi says

NEW YORK – Pope Benedict XVI’s April 18 visit to a synagogue during the New York leg of his U.S. visit is a “clear message of good will to the Jewish community,” said the rabbi hosting the pope.
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January 19, 2012

Death penalty not acceptable in a fallible world

The church has made many arguments against capital punishment (CR, Web poll). Those who do not accept the church’s moral authority in the matter should consider the following: to support capital punishment, one must either accept that the court system is infallible (which is demonstrably false), or that it is acceptable to occasionally execute innocent...
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January 19, 2012

Quake leaves Haitian church mourning loss of religious young and old

WASHINGTON – As they help Haitians rebuild destroyed homes and mourn lost relatives, Catholic Church workers in Haiti are grieving for members of their own “families” killed or severely injured in the magnitude 7 earthquake Jan. 12.
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January 19, 2012

Pope, at U.N., says no government or religion can limit human rights

UNITED NATIONS – Neither government nor religion has a right to change or limit human rights, because those rights flow from the dignity of each person created in God’s image, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Committee’s work is to be faithful defender of life

PHILADELPHIA – The priorities of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life Activities today are “the priorities we’ve had for years, along with new challenges to life, “ said Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, who is now chairman of the committee. “We are simply trying to be faithful defenders of life at this juncture in the...
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January 19, 2012

Religious orders lose youngest members in Haiti quake

ROME – As religious orders mobilized to help the suffering people of Haiti, many of them had people sitting by computer terminals in Rome waiting to hear news about their youngest members.
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January 19, 2012

Father Harmon celebrates 50 years as priest

Father Alban Harmon was a junior in high school when he knew he was called to be a Passionist priest.
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January 19, 2012

‘Angel of the garbage dump’ dies in crash

WASHINGTON – Hanley Denning, known in Guatemala as “the angel of the garbage dump” because she helped poor children escape garbage picking as a livelihood, died in a car crash in Guatemala. Five days after her Jan. 18 death at age 36, a documentary featuring Ms. Denning was nominated for an Oscar. Ms. Denning died...
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January 19, 2012

Pastors say Mayor Dixon leaves strong legacy

City pastors who worked with Mayor Sheila Dixon on issues ranging from homelessness to immigration gave the outgoing mayor generally high marks for her performance in office. Yet, as the 56-year-old mayor prepares to step down Feb. 4 as part of a plea deal in a corruption case, priests throughout the city expressed disappointment in...
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