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January 19, 2012

Synod hears repeated calls for common Christian Easter date

VATICAN CITY – At a synod concerned primarily about peace and the continued presence of Christians in the Holy Land, one of the suggestions made repeatedly was that Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans and Orthodox finally celebrate Easter together each year.
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January 19, 2012

Comfort zone: Pope’s dialogues with priests flow freely

VATICAN CITY – The world sees the public side of Pope Benedict XVI generally at big ceremonial events in Rome or on foreign travels, when he’s under the glare of the media.
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January 19, 2012

Sen. Mooney undecided on death penalty ban

ANNAPOLIS – Sen. Alex X. Mooney knows he’s the man of the hour in the death penalty debate. In the deadlocked Maryland Senate judiciary committee, the parishioner of St. John the Evangelist in Frederick holds the deciding vote on whether legislation to abolish the death penalty will make it to the Senate floor. While the...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops, state conferences work to educate Catholics before election

WASHINGTON – State Catholic conferences and the bishops they represent in the public policy arena are using diverse methods to educate Catholic voters before the 2010 elections.
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January 19, 2012

Father Janaites to lie in state at St. Joseph Aug. 7, 8

Father Stanley J. Janaites, a longtime priest who inspired others to become more involved in church ministry, died Aug. 5 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson. He was 79.
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January 19, 2012

Redemptorists offer e-cards for the season

Anyone looking for a quick way to send a card for the Lenten season online should check out the Web site of the Redemptorists of the Denver Province. The site, www.redemptorists-denver.org, now offers electronic cards, called e-cards, for the Lenten season, Easter and Good Friday. There are also cards for respect for life, birthdays, Mother’s...
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January 19, 2012

Supreme Court term takes on speech, immigration, school tuition cases

WASHINGTON – The thorny question of whether the First Amendment protects the right to protest in a way that disrupts a family funeral is among the cases on this year’s Supreme Court docket.
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January 19, 2012

Knights leader call to end abortion, support marriage

QUEBEC CITY – Supreme Knight Carl Anderson challenged American Catholics to overturn the “regime of Roe v. Wade” in November by withholding their votes from any candidate who supports abortion.
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January 19, 2012

America should share freedom

According to Thomas J. Zabetakis’ address “Illegal immigration should not be tolerated,” (CR, Feb. 15), it is evident that he is unaware of the “total picture of illegal aliens.” While it is understood well that illegal immigrants seek “to escape poverty and gain employment to support their families,” he fails to consider their social position...
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January 19, 2012

U.S. ambassador says migration policies are ethical issue

ROME – U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Miguel Diaz said migration policies represent a growing ethical issue for the international community, requiring an examination of root causes and promotion of just laws.
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January 19, 2012

Summer reading: Darwin, design and divine intervention

VATICAN CITY – A series of articles on creation, intelligent design and Darwinism made reading the Vatican newspaper seem like taking a crash summer course in Evolution 101.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. seminarians win opening soccer match

ROME – The goal was a bullet into the net, and as his cheering teammates mobbed Daniel O’Mullane it seemed like a World Cup celebration. Mr. O’Mullane had just led Pontifical North American College to a dramatic first-round victory in the 16-team Clericus Cup, the soccer tournament exclusively for priests and seminarians in Rome. The...
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