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January 19, 2012

Info on condoms in HIV programs must be ‘accurate’

HUNTINGTON, Ind. – Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ overseas aid and development agency, is requiring its foreign partners to give “complete and accurate” information on condoms in all HIV/AIDS programs.
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January 19, 2012

Bil Keane, creator of ‘Family Circus’ comic strip, dies at age 89

WASHINGTON – Bil Keane, the Catholic cartoonist who originated the comic strip “The Family Circus” more than 50 years ago, died Nov. 8 at age 89 in Paradise Valley, Ariz., near Phoenix. The cause of death was given as congestive heart failure.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic combines faith, high-tech savvy to invent new Bible format

WASHINGTON – One of the oldest and most read books in the world now has a new, high-tech look. And it weighs only 5 grams, or one-hundredth of a pound.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic school closures are in the national spotlight

WASHINGTON – When President George W. Bush gave his State of the Union address Jan. 28, he briefly mentioned something Catholics know all too well: Their inner-city schools are closing.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican partners with company to discuss stem-cell research

VATICAN CITY – New biotechnologies raise questions in the fields of medicine, economics, ethics and philosophy, and the Vatican plans to look at all of them during a three-day conference devoted to adult stem-cell research, officials said.
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January 19, 2012

Pope prays for peace, honors fallen soldiers in visit to Monte Cassino

MONTE CASSINO, Italy – At the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict and rebuilt after being destroyed by U.S. bombers during World War II, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for peace.
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January 19, 2012

St. Bernardine enlists help of prayer warriors

Parishioners of St. Bernardine, Baltimore, are looking for 300 good warriors to deal with the city’s highest murder rate in eight years. Prayer warriors, that is.
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Madden among religious leaders targeting Senate to preserve foreign aid

WASHINGTON – With the Senate preparing to take up the appropriations bill for foreign aid, Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden called to mind some of his more vivid encounters with recipients of such assistance and how it affected their lives.
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January 19, 2012

St. Maria Goretti student donates hair, time

Maria Jones, a sophomore at St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown, recently cut her 12-inch pony tail to donate to Locks of Love.
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January 19, 2012

Mexican bishops say NAFTA is leading to country’s death

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Catholic bishops have pleaded with the federal government to renegotiate a trade treaty with the U.S. and Canada that they say is leading to the cultural death of their nation.
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January 19, 2012

Pastor of Our Lady of the Fields resigns

Father Eugene Nickol resigned as pastor of Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville Oct. 25 following a recent archdiocesan audit of the parish’s financial and child and youth protection records. The audit showed a lack of “appropriate controls to ensure compliance with archdiocesan child protection and financial policies,” according to an Oct. 30 archdiocesan...
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Madden to hold peace talks with youth and parish leaders

Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden will meet with parish leaders and youths May 27 in hopes of charting a peaceful course for Baltimore City.
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