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January 19, 2012

Analysis of tea party movement looks at supporters’ beliefs, interests

WASHINGTON – More than half of the people supporting the tea party movement identify themselves as Christian conservatives, with beliefs on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage that are at odds with the movement’s libertarian, no-government-intrusion image, according to a new survey.
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January 19, 2012

A sense of scale; orderly use of the mind and its absence.

Amid the parade of worst-evers in the natural and manmade spheres, I suggest a humble instrument for coping, at least to some extent, that of a sense of scale. As we live our daily lives, historic developments are going on at almost incomprehensible speed, and our highly developed means of communication do a remarkable job...
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January 19, 2012

James W. Donaghy dies

A funeral Mass for James W. Donaghy was offered Feb. 23 at St. Mary Church in Mineral Ridge, Ohio. Mr. Donaghy, who died Feb. 19, is the brother of Father Thomas Donaghy, a retired priest from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, who now lives in Pennsylvania.
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January 19, 2012

Anti-Catholicism persists

Some years ago, I was invited to address a seminar at the Palace of Westminster for members of the House of Lords and House of Commons interested in Catholic social doctrine. As Lord Alton of Liverpool was introducing me, a gray head thrust itself inside the door to see what was afoot. Alas, before I...
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January 19, 2012

St. Ambrose takes center stage at Cosby appearance

Bill Cosby can speak on any stage in the country with no questions asked – except for the lawn of St. Ambrose in Park Heights.
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January 19, 2012

Cosponsor of statute of limitation bill speaks out

ANNAPOLIS – Although he said he understands concerns raised by the Catholic Church that House Bill 858 could devastate parishes, schools and church outreach ministries, one of the cosponsors of a state bill lifting the statute of limitations on child sex abuse civil cases still favors it because he is a “believer in victims’ rights,”...
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January 19, 2012

Report recommends U.S., regional steps to help Haitian recovery

WASHINGTON – The United States should liberalize immigration policies for Haitians and work harder at reconstruction in Haiti and toward finding permanent family solutions for orphans, said a report from bishops and others who visited the region recently as part of a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its affiliated agencies.
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January 19, 2012

Sister Frances Watkowski, S.S.N.D.

A funeral Mass for Sister Frances Watkowski, S.S.N.D., was offered July 19 at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore followed with internment at Notch Cliff Cemetery in Glen Arm. Sister Frances died July 16; she was 83.
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January 19, 2012

Scholar, pastor: German pope defies easy caricature

VATICAN CITY – Americans will soon have their first close-up encounter with Pope Benedict XVI, a figure who, in the minds of many, is still coming into focus. Some view him as a vigilant pastor, one who has used virtually every medium possible – books and speeches, sermons and encyclicals – to guide Catholics back...
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January 19, 2012

Obama says ‘precepts of Jesus’ drew him to Christianity

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – President Barack Obama said Sept. 28 he came to his Christian faith as an adult “because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead, being my brothers’ and sisters’ keeper, treating others as they would treat me.”
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January 19, 2012

Cardinals say immigration at ‘dark moment’ in US but call for hope

WASHINGTON – Two Catholic cardinals called the current U.S. immigration situation “a terrible crisis” and “a dark moment in our nation’s history” in remarks they made July 28 at the opening Mass and plenary session of the 2008 National Migration Conference.
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January 19, 2012

Colombian guerrilla group rejects church as mediator

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia’s largest Marxist guerrilla group said it would not accept the Catholic Church as a mediator in its armed conflict with the government. Raul Reyes, spokesman for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, told the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina Feb. 14 that the Catholic Church was not acting impartially.
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