VATICAN CITY – A leading Vatican official has proposed a worldwide program of eucharistic adoration to seek spiritual reparation for the damage caused by the sexual abuse of children by priests.Read More
VATICAN CITY – More than a million young Catholics learned the hard way about a venerable Catholic tradition: “spiritual Communion” or the “Communion of desire.”Read More
Streams of people filed past students James Townes, Myesha Green and Gary Spratley in the lobby of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School March 21. Their eyes widened as the crowd grew to more than 300.Read More
PEORIA, Ill. – An Illinois county circuit judge ruled Aug. 18 that the state of Illinois may refuse to renew its foster care and adoption services contracts with Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Belleville, Joliet, Peoria and Springfield.Read More
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico repealed the death penalty March 18, after Gov. Bill Richardson had a change of heart about his long support for capital punishment.Read More
WASHINGTON – Though there has been little movement on the political or government policy fronts to improve the situation of immigrants to the United States, the Catholic Church is encouraging a weeklong observance focused on welcoming newcomers.Read More
Re “The Common Good” by Father Peter J. Daly (CR, March 12), I have lived my life with the attitude of looking out for the next guy and believe most people do the same. Saying that, I have to agree with CNBC commentator Rick Santelli and the so-called risk-taking commodities traders.Read More
It’s been nearly 100 days since Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien assumed leadership of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and in that time he has begun to examine one of the key issues he addressed in his Oct. 1 installation homily – how the church can help Baltimore leaders deal with the problems of the city.Read More
As winter snow lay on the ground, two horses pulled a carriage to the front of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Jan. 19. They carried the flag-draped coffin of William H. Torbit Jr., a Baltimore City police officer who was shot and killed several days earlier and whose life was to be...Read More