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January 19, 2012

Parish hosts synagogue’s high holy days services

NORTHBROOK, Ill. – Our Lady of the Brook Church in Northbrook took on a slightly different sound in September, as prayers were sung in Hebrew and the shofar sounded. The parish hosted the Northbrook-based Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue’s high holy days services in its worship space, after working through archdiocesan channels to get permission.
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January 19, 2012

Utah’s approach to immigration debate eyed as a model for the nation

WASHINGTON – The current and former attorneys general of neighboring southwestern states used the images on their state quarters as an apt way of describing Utah’s and Arizona’s divergent paths on immigration legislation.
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January 19, 2012

Year in Review: Catholic officials help victims of violence, global crises in 2008

WASHINGTON – Catholic Church officials continued to advocate for and work to help victims of violence and the global food and economic crises in 2008.
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January 19, 2012

Installation, homily garner praise from attendees

Swift, certain and sure was the reaction to the installation of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien. Those attending were inspired by the celebratory event and the 3,800-word homily. When asked what most moved him, Gov. Martin O’Malley said, “His humility and his commitment and his passion for serving the people of the church.”
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January 19, 2012

Easter takes on special meaning for tornado survivors in St. Louis area

ST. LOUIS – Singing “Alleluia” took on a new meaning on Easter for many parishioners after a tornado on Good Friday leveled homes, tore roofs and walls off others and caused a wide assortment of other property damage.
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January 19, 2012

After 46 years, Monsignor Moeller to retire Dec. 31

Monsignor George Moeller knows at some point during Christmas Mass at St. Margaret parish in Bel Air, he will think about it being his final one as an active priest.
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January 19, 2012

Minnesota priest named to Crookston post

Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop Victor H. Balke of Crookston, Minn., and appointed as his successor Monsignor Michael J. Hoeppner, vicar general of the Diocese of Winona, Minn.
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January 19, 2012

Rome, world prepare for beatification of Pope John Paul II

VATICAN CITY – As the countdown continued for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, church and civil authorities put the finishing touches on logistical plans to handle potentially massive crowds at the main events in Rome.
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January 19, 2012

Religious leaders must prevent fanaticism, dialogue participants say

VATICAN CITY – Religious leaders must work to prevent fanaticism, promote dialogue and stem violence, Catholic and Muslim representatives said.
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January 19, 2012

Priests encouraged to show charity to other Christians

If Catholics hope to find greater unity with Christians of other denominations, they need to embrace a sense charity and reconciliation when reaching out to other believers, according to one of the world’s leading experts in ecumenism.
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January 19, 2012

Catholics need to be awake to reality of evil, pope says at audience

VATICAN CITY – When Jesus asked his disciples to stay awake while he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, he was asking every believer throughout history to remain awake to the reality of God and to the reality of sin, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop reaches out through commercials

Standing beneath three bright floodlights at Our Daily Bread Employment Center in Baltimore, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien looked straight into a slow- rolling tele¬vision camera and made a heartfelt pitch for generosity.
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