DUBLIN – Ireland’s Catholic leaders have pledged a further 10 million euros ($14.2 million) to provide support services for victims of clerical abuse and announced plans for spiritual support to people whose faith has been damaged by the abuse.Read More
The following advice was compiled from mothers at St. Ignatius of Loyola, Ijamsville, who are currently going through the teething process with their children.Read More
The 27th annual Brooks Robinson All-Star baseball game took place on June 14 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Each year, it gives baseball enthusiasts, young and old alike, a chance to see potential major league baseball players in the making.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, has asked all Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to hold a special collection for the victims of last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. In a March 14 letter to all parishes, the Archbishop also called on Catholics to pray for “the suffering people of...Read More
WASHINGTON – The presidents of bishops’ conferences associated with the Group of Eight industrialized nations have urged government leaders to honor their commitments to reduce global poverty and address climate change.Read More
A total of 727 catechumens and candidates participated in the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion March 13 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, St. Ann in Hagerstown and St. John Neumann in Annapolis.Read More
Twenty-five years ago, in early May 1983, the Catholic bishops of the United States approved what many imagined would be a historic public policy statement: The Challenge of Peace (TCOP). The debate during the drafting of TCOP was intense; the publicity generated by that debate put Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, chairman of the drafting committee, on...Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A newly revised Bible hit bookstore shelves on Ash Wednesday across the United States, thanks in part to St. Benedict Press/Tan Books in Charlotte.Read More
Regarding the election of Barack Obama, an aggressive abortion supporter, as president of the United States, a central fact must be borne in mind: this election wasn’t a referendum on abortion. Exit polls show that Americans voted overwhelmingly – and altogether predictably – on the economy, not on abortion or anything else.Read More
WASHINGTON – Poverty represents different things to different people. “For us, it’s a moral issue,” said Candy Hill, senior vice president for social policy and government affairs at Catholic Charities USA.Read More