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January 19, 2012

U.S. nun murdered in Brazil in 2005 honored with human rights prize

UNITED NATIONS – A U.S. nun who was murdered in 2005 while she worked to defend the rights of poor farmers in the Brazilian Amazon region has been named a recipient of a prestigious U.N. human rights prize.
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January 19, 2012

What’s a Norwegian Protestant doing singing for pope in a synagogue?

NEW YORK – On Fridays and Saturdays, Daryl Henricksen, a Protestant, sings a cappella, in Hebrew, at the historic Park East Synagogue in New York. On Saturday evenings and Sundays, he’s a member of the mixed adult choir and the cantor for four Masses at Resurrection Catholic Church in Rye, N.Y.
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January 19, 2012

Church giving seen rebounding, but Catholic picture may be different

WASHINGTON – Church giving is beginning to rebound from challenges posed by the recession, according to a new survey involving mostly Protestant churches.
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January 19, 2012

Keep focus on FOCA

The letter “Don’t be fooled by venomous writers” (CR, Nov. 27) attacked four of the five letters published in the Nov. 20 issue, which expressed anger and concern over legalized abortion. Three of those four letters addressed the Freedom of Choice Act. The letter falsely claimed one of the letter writers was praying for the...
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop discusses peace-building, maintaining peace in Burundi

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Archbishop Evariste Ngoyagoye of Bujumbura, Burundi, came to the Conference on the Future of Catholic Peace-building with a story of Catholic engagement that brought about peace in Burundi. He left with a renewed sense of the vigilance necessary to maintain peace and justice in his country.
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January 19, 2012

Power of decisiveness, faith, inspire women

As we end this month of celebrating women’s history, I remember a story once shared here in Baltimore at St. Mary’s Seminary and University by Benedictine Father Cyprian Davis, a noted historian and teacher.
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January 19, 2012

Scottish cardinal resigns as president of Catholic adoption agency

EDINBURGH, Scotland – A Scottish cardinal has resigned as president of a Catholic adoption agency that will comply with British law and consider same-sex couples as parents.
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January 19, 2012

St. Mary’s lax lights up the field

On April 18, a very special ceremony will take place during halftime of the St. Mary’s High School boys’ lacrosse game as the No. 4 Saints face the No. 3 Loyola Blakefield, Towson, Dons at St. Mary’s new turf field at St. John Neumann, Annapolis.
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January 19, 2012

Father John J. Dietzen, leading question-and-answer columnist, dies

PEORIA, Ill. – Father John J. Dietzen, the foremost question-and-answer columnist in the Catholic press for 35 years, died March 27 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was 83.
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January 19, 2012

South Baltimore has ingredients for a faith-filled Christmas

Mary Simon (left) and Jean Marie Monti prepare oatmeal Christmas cookies at Holy Cross, Federal Hill, that are sold to benefit the parish. Volunteers started baking in September to fill December orders. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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January 19, 2012

Faithful excited to be part of papal Mass in Washington

WASHINGTON – The tumultuous applause that greeted Pope Benedict XVI at the beginning of the April 17 Mass in Nationals Park was indicative of the excitement of the faithful at attending the first public U.S. Mass celebrated by the pope, who is concluding his third year as pontiff.
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January 19, 2012

South Dakota passes nation’s toughest regulations on abortion

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a law March 22 establishing a three-day waiting period for all abortions, a time frame that exceeds other state laws that require 24-hour waiting periods.
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