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January 19, 2012

New pastor named for Sacred Heart of Mary

After serving six months as temporary administrator and a year as associate pastor of Sacred Heart of Mary in Graceland Park, Father George Gannon is elated that Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has appointed him the new pastor of the east Baltimore parish effective immediately.
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January 19, 2012

‘Diocesan institute’ to be formed for Episcopal nuns joining Catholic Church

When 10 Episcopal nuns in Catonsville join the Roman Catholic Church in September, they hope to form the first “diocesan institute” in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

It’s curtains for IND senior stage managers

One objective seniors Mara Wild and Melanie Rae want to carry through before they graduate from the Institute of Notre Dame, Baltimore, is to upgrade the 11-year-old black onstage traveling curtains in the school auditorium. They have sewn holes in the curtains so many times, they were told to stop because repairs were obvious.
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January 19, 2012

Scottish priest who visited bomber in jail glad Megrahi was released

LONDON - A Scottish priest who served at Lockerbie, Scotland, at the time an airliner was blown from the sky by terrorists has welcomed the release from jail of the only person convicted of the attack.
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January 19, 2012

Researcher sees continued need for embryonic stem cells

SAN FRANCISCO – Human embryonic stem cells will play a role in stem-cell research for years to come as scientists try to confirm a promising technique that reprograms adult cells to mimic embryonic stem cells, according to the interim chief of California’s state-funded stem-cell research institute.
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January 19, 2012

Columnist-commentator Robert Novak dies at age 78

WASHINGTON – Robert Novak, a longtime syndicated columnist and political commentator who joined the Catholic Church in 1998, died at his home in Washington early Aug. 18 after battling brain cancer for more than a year.
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January 19, 2012

Venezuelans vote down Chavez’s reforms

CARACAS, Venezuela – A package of constitutional reforms proposed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that would have increased the president’s powers and established a “socialist economy” was defeated narrowly by voters.
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January 19, 2012

One Catholic high school’s special education program inspires another

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When Elaine and Kevin Burke were looking for a Catholic high school in the Chicago area that would accept their son Ryan, born with Down syndrome, they found inspiration –and an answer – in a Catholic high school in Tennessee.
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January 19, 2012

War might have caused end of Christianity in Iraq

LONDON – The war in Iraq might have caused the end of Christianity in the country, said a Chaldean Catholic bishop.
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January 19, 2012

New Baltimore seminarian class includes teacher, bartender

One year after the Archdiocese of Baltimore hit a 20-year high in the number of men accepted as priesthood candidates, the archdiocese has accepted eight newcomers for the 2009-10 academic year.
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January 19, 2012

Pope says refugee youths have right to stability, security

VATICAN CITY – Children have a right to “stability, serenity and security,” Pope Benedict XVI said, urging that more be done in providing these essential conditions to young people trapped in refugee camps.
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January 19, 2012

First Latina confirmed to serve on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – Judge Sonia Sotomayor will become the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court, after the Senate confirmed her appointment Aug. 6 by a 68-31 vote.
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