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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Keeler retires; Archbishop O’Brien succeeds him

BALTIMORE – Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler July 12 and named Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of the Archdiocese for the Military Services to succeed him.
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January 19, 2012

Mount president and wife deeply touched by East Timor trip

Thomas and Irene Powell never thought they would be parents again at the age of 58 and 57 respectively. The couple has three grown children and grandchildren, and Thomas is busy as president of bustling Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg.
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January 19, 2012

Do plethora of voter guides confuse or clarify issues for Catholics?

WASHINGTON – If a group of Catholics were to sit down to read four or five of the “Catholic voter guides” in circulation before Election Day, it wouldn’t be surprising if they ended the session more confused than when they began.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien named 15th archbishop of Baltimore

Cardinal William H. Keeler introduced the newly appointed archbishop of Baltimore during a July 12 press conference at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore. Earlier in the morning, the Vatican announced the Archdiocese of Baltimore has its 15th leader as Pope Benedict XVI named military Archbishop...
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January 19, 2012

New appreciation urged for classical music’s contributions to church

WASHINGTON – Classical music is underappreciated for its spiritual contribution to the church, the metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church said in a Feb. 9 address at The Catholic University of America.
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January 19, 2012

Bishops praise Belgian-born Sister Emmanuelle for life of charity

PARIS – Catholic bishops in France and Belgium have praised the veteran charity worker Sister Emmanuelle, who died Oct. 20 just before her 100th birthday.
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January 19, 2012

Sister Barbara Furst, O.S.F., receives Nostrum Ecclesiam Tempus Award

Sister Barbara Furst, O.S.F., (formerly Sister Robert Catherine), a native of Baltimore, was awarded the Nostrum Ecclesiam Tempus Award, July 1, by the diocese of Trenton.
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January 19, 2012

Permanent end to taxpayer abortion funding called long overdue

WASHINGTON – The effort to make permanent a ban on federal funding of abortion is both long overdue and widely supported by Americans, an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told a House subcommittee Feb. 8.
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January 19, 2012

Federal loans offer students more options

If there’s one big mistake Zhanna Goltser sees students make when picking college loans, it’s turning to private lenders over the federal government.
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January 19, 2012

St. Frances Peace Camp instills nonviolent values

As 8-year-old Darrell Truesdale scampers down the corridors of St. Frances Academy in Baltimore on a recent summer morning, the inner-city youth prepares for a lesson about Mahatma Gandhi, the slain political and spiritual leader of India who advocated nonviolent solutions. The session is part of a forceful curriculum at the school’s summer-long Peace Camp,...
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January 19, 2012

Obama, astronaut, Chilean mine survivor talk about prayer during crises

WASHINGTON – It is his faith in God, particularly “that biblical injunction to serve the least of these, that keeps me going and that keeps me from being overwhelmed,” by the challenges of his office, President Barack Obama said in remarks to the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 3.
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January 19, 2012

Latinos seen as voting group key to outcome of presidential election

WASHINGTON – As pollsters and political analysts try to predict the outcome of the election, Latino voters have become a target for intense attention – by tea-leaf readers as well as the candidates.
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