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January 19, 2012

Antichrist tempts Christians to place dialogue above Jesus

VATICAN CITY – Christians tempted to set aside their belief in Christ as the only savior in order to promote dialogue with others are being tempted by the Antichrist, retired Italian Cardinal Giacomo Biffi told Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Biffi, who has been leading a Feb. 25-March 3 retreat for the pope and top Vatican...
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January 19, 2012

Church agencies step up relief work as Pakistan struggles with flood

BANGALORE, India – Church charities in Pakistan stepped up their efforts Aug. 12 to distribute vitally needed relief supplies to some of the millions of people affected by the worst flood in the South Asian nation’s history.
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January 19, 2012

Panthers prevail in thrilling overtime victory

It was a game that will go down as one of the most exciting, well-played contests in the history of the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland. Delayed a week by the slippery conditions that plagued the area, the IAAM basketball tournament finally got underway Feb. 20. Where the premier A Conference was concerned, all eyes...
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January 19, 2012

Colorado artist created image of Mother Teresa used for postage stamp

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The commemorative stamp of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta being issued by the U.S. Postal Service bears a Colorado Springs postmark, so to speak.
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January 19, 2012

Prime meridian in Vatican Gardens

VATICAN CITY – Although the Global Positioning System has made meridians obsolete in mapmaking, a group of geographers used the GPS to mark the exact spot where the old prime meridian of Italy passed through the Vatican. Standing at the end of a technologically guaranteed straight line of flower pots, the geographers and Vatican officials...
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January 19, 2012

Sounds of silence: Restored Vatican Library ready for scholarly hush

VATICAN CITY – In late July, a young woman was removing books from shelves in the Vatican Library and vacuuming the dust off of them, one by one.
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January 19, 2012

Lent a time of inner renewal

ROME – Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics to rediscover the traditional “penitential weapons” of prayer, fasting and works of charity in order to make Lent a time of inner renewal. He made the comments during an Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 21 at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in central Rome. The liturgy began with a...
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January 19, 2012

Prisoner releases, ongoing talks with Castro give Cuban cardinal hope

WASHINGTON – The release of the first 20 of 52 political prisoners the Cuban government has promised to set free is a hopeful sign for the country, said Havana Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino.
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January 19, 2012

Conference calls for healing

How does faith call us to bring hope and healing to the world? Discuss this topic March 12-16 at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, when they host the third annual Callings Conference: Bearers of Hope and Healing. Callings is a program for the theological exploration of Christian vocation.
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January 19, 2012

Under a microscope over immigration law: Arizona’s sense of siege

DOUGLAS, Ariz. – In the weeks leading up to the scheduled enactment of Arizona’s much-debated immigration law July 29, everyday activities and conversations conveyed a sense of a state under siege, particularly in Douglas, a town of 20,000 people on the Mexican border.
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January 19, 2012

Women deserve better than abortion

When Speaker Nancy Pelosi proclaimed last month that this would be a Congress that remembers the children, I couldn’t help but think that this smart, savvy grandmother of 6, who now wields the most powerful gavel in the world, was forgetting someone – millions of unborn children.
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January 19, 2012

Rise in soldiers’ deaths hits close to home for Fort Campbell families

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – At the July 21 Eagle Remembrance Ceremony for nine fallen Fort Campbell soldiers, families of those who made the ultimate sacrifice paused in front of portraits of their loved ones to embrace and wipe away tears while members of the standing room only crowd did the same.
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