VATICAN CITY - Child abuse prevention policies will never work without accountability and an unwavering commitment to children’s welfare, said the Vatican’s top investigator of clerical sex abuse.Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – Physical and sexual abuse was endemic in Irish institutions for boys run by religious between 1940 and the late 1970s, said an independent commission report.Read More
A joyous crowd of about 2,000 people filled the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Oct. 1 to celebrate the installation of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien as the 15th archbishop of Baltimore.Read More
WASHINGTON – The scourge of human trafficking, be it in the form of sex slavery or immigrant work gangs, not only bedevils people victimized by those practices but even those who campaign against them.Read More
POSTVILLE, Iowa – After the first anniversary observance of the immigration raid in Postville May 12, Archbishop Jerome G. Hanus of Dubuque said he hoped the event would show the world that faith in Christ ended in action.Read More
Is Pope Benedict XVI re-Italianizing the Roman Curia? The question has percolated around Rome in recent months as a string of Vatican appointments left Italian prelates in high places.Read More
In the fall of 2009, Gwyneth Carmichael was in-between jobs. The former salesperson for the Baltimore Examiner was looking for a change of careers.Read More
JERUSALEM – Pope Benedict XVI’s eight-day visit to the Holy Land was a biblical pilgrimage, an interfaith mission and a political balancing act all rolled into one.Read More
The church marks momentous occasions, such as the installation of the new archbishop of Baltimore, with special liturgical celebrations. Carrying out the liturgy and ceremony requires effort on the part of many and attention to the smallest of details.Read More
ROME - Thousands of Catholics in Rome celebrated the first feast of Blessed John Paul II Oct. 22 and the promoter of his sainthood cause said he has received several reports of healings that could be the miracle needed for the late pope’s canonization.Read More
On April 26, 52 Girl Scouts from high schools in the Baltimore area received the Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouting. Catholic schools were well represented in that number.Read More
WASHINGTON – As a Sept. 30 deadline looms for Congress to extend the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and presidential candidates roll out the details of their plans for health care reform, new evidence is emerging that churches play an important role in filling the gaps in the current system.Read More