I was disappointed with the photo of a little girl (CR, Aug. 13) getting ready to release a paper lantern in Hiroshima, Japan. The caption said she was doing this in remembrance of the anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing and that more than 75,000 people were killed when the United States dropped the...Read More
WASHINGTON – The pope doesn’t visit a U.S. college campus very often. So when four seniors at The Catholic University of America heard that Pope Benedict XVI was coming to their campus, the roommates knew they wanted to witness it.Read More
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission, under new chairman Julius Genachowski, gave notice in September that it intends to look at parental control technologies and how they are used in the multimedia age.Read More
WASHINGTON – For the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, the meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and President George W. Bush was a proud day for Americans.Read More
KRAKOW, Poland – Religious faith and dialogue can lead humanity away from the abyss of war, hatred and fear and point to the path to peace, said leaders representing Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and other religions around the world at a congress in Poland.Read More
It is always surprising to hear there are still people defending our invasion of Iraq and the continued occupation. It is not surprising that the selective use of Scripture is used to defend the invasion and occupation. Scripture is often used whatever the merits of the action or cause being defended. It is fruitless to...Read More
TASIKMALAYA, Indonesia – A Catholic parish in the predominantly Muslim Indonesian province of West Java is working to provide emergency aid to victims of the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Sept. 2.Read More
NEW YORK – The April 20 Mass at Yankee Stadium will mark the bicentennials of the archdioceses of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Louisville, Ky., which was founded as Bardstown, Ky.Read More
Now in her second year as principal of Our Lady of Grace in Parkton, Alberta “Byrdie” Ricketts is excited about the possibilities of Catholic education. A product of Archdiocese of Baltimore schools, Ricketts spent about 30 years in the public school system as a teacher and administrator.Read More
Anthony I. Day has been named new upper school principal of Loyola Blakefield, Towson, to succeed Christopher J. Post. Mr. Day is currently assistant principal at Regis High School, N.Y.Read More
WASHINGTON – Catholic leaders from coast to coast praised the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy for his nearly 50 years of public service, but at least one expressed sorrow that his commitment to the less fortunate did not extend to the unborn.Read More
A funeral Mass for Brother Andrew DiNoto, F.S.C., was offered April 9 at St. Ursula, Parkville. Brother Andrew died April 5. He would have been 98 years old April 25.Read More