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January 19, 2012

Haitian bishops considering program to oversee church reconstruction

WASHINGTON – Haitian bishops were expected to agree Sept. 24 to the creation of a broad-based reconstruction program involving church partners from around the world that will guide how parishes and Catholic schools destroyed in the January earthquake are rebuilt.
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January 19, 2012

Loosening abortion laws in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY – Catholics and civic organizations have launched a campaign against a Mexico City proposal to legalize abortion during the first three months of pregnancy. The proposal “has awoken the conscience of civil society in this city,” said Armando Martinez, president of the College of Catholic Lawyers in Mexico City, at a March 18...
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January 19, 2012

Calvert Hall’s 50th year in Towson rekindles brotherhood

The brotherhood continues.
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January 19, 2012

Hundreds discuss racism, poverty at teach-in

NEW ORLEANS – More than 500 students from Jesuit colleges, universities and high schools gathered in New Orleans March 9-11 to discuss racism and poverty and engage in spring-break service work. They were among the approximately 2,000 Jesuit-affiliated students who were to descend on New Orleans in a 10-day period to aid in the city’s...
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January 19, 2012

2009 poverty spike raises numerous concerns at Catholic agencies

WASHINGTON – Catholic organizations expressed dismay over the Sept. 16 announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau that the number of Americans living in poverty in 2009 rose to 43.6 million, or 14.3 percent of the population.
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January 19, 2012

Pope, Russian president discuss relations

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI and Russian President Vladimir Putin spent 25 minutes speaking privately March 13, discussing Catholic-Orthodox relations and ways to strengthen the relationship between the Vatican and the Russian government. Although two translators were present for the private meeting in Pope Benedict’s library, they told reporters that the pope and Putin...
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January 19, 2012

A grand design needs a designer

Stephen Hawking may be a genius, but he’s not omniscient. Hawking has written a new book with Leonard Mlodinow titled “The Grand Design,” in which the physicists posit that the universe did not need anything to come into being from nothingness. That is, no outside factor – whether it’s called God, the Creator or any...
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January 19, 2012

St. Pius X celebrates 50th anniversary

Steve Spurrier has been a member of St. Pius X, Rodgers Forge, since the day he was baptized, some 44 years ago. Now married with three children he is active in marriage preparatory classes, coaching sports teams in the parish and school and playing the drums for the group “40 more days” which helps celebrate...
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January 19, 2012

Pope warns on right-to-life, marriage issues in Germany

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI warned of moral and ethical erosion in his native Germany, particularly on right-to-life and marriage issues.
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January 19, 2012

Social Ministry Convocation focused on call to serve

Last Saturday I stopped by the Social Ministries Convocation at Seton Keough High School. Bishop Mitchell Rozanski accompanied me in the visit; Bishops Malooly and Madden came by later in the day. This gathering, organized by Monsignor William Burke with the help of a special committee, brought together hundreds of people from around the Archdiocese...
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January 19, 2012

Jesuit rebuts reasoning behind claim that God didn’t create universe

WASHINGTON – A Jesuit priest who is former president of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., has taken to YouTube and his blog to rebut arguments raised by British physicist Stephen Hawking, who says in a new book that God had no role in creating the universe.
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January 19, 2012

Australia takes charge of World Youth Day cross, icon

SYDNEY, Australia – Australia has taken charge of the World Youth Day cross and Marian icon, symbols of the world’s largest youth event which have traveled tens of thousands of miles around the world. The cross and icon left Madagascar in February for Korea, where Australia’s stewardship began and will continue until the end of...
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