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January 19, 2012

Rhode Island bishop, priests work to stop immigration raids in state

WASHINGTON – Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, R.I., and 15 Catholic pastors have called on a federal immigration official to stop massive immigration raids in Rhode Island for the time being and to allow agents who disagree with such raids on moral grounds to step aside as conscientious objectors.
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January 19, 2012

Monsignor Lenz elevated in rank

Monsignor Paul A. Lenz has been advanced to the rank of “prothonotary apostolic” by Pope Benedict XVI.
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January 19, 2012

Vet cherishes his bit of Baltimore history

Two blocks south of Patterson Park in East Baltimore, Ray and Helen Getzel, husband and wife for 57 years, maintain an immaculate rowhome.
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January 19, 2012

Would President Obama be good for black America?

When I was a teenager, my formative, if largely vicarious, political experience was the civil rights movement. It was a time of great issues bravely contested, a moment replete with heroes and villains. It was George Wallace vowing “Segregation forever!” Bull Connor setting dogs on demonstrators, and Klansmen bombing black churches. It was the March...
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January 19, 2012

Time, money running out for Katrina evacuees

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Hurricane Recovery Office for Catholic Charities of Arkansas is continuing to assist hurricane evacuees with settling in Arkansas, but money and time are running out. The office announced it will remain open until March 31, six months longer than expected, thanks to a grant extension from the federal government.
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January 19, 2012

Pilgrim pope: Journey to Spain highlights traditional, modern faith

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has said he’s heading to Spain Nov. 6-7 as a pilgrim, and the trip will give him an opportunity to participate in the most popular foot pilgrimage in Europe, the “camino” or journey to Santiago de Compostela.
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Malooly makes lasting impression on pastors, parishioners of St. Thomas More

Bishop W. Francis Malooly may be the vicar for the western part of the archdiocese, but for some 23 years he has made his home in the 300-family, urban vicariate church of St. Thomas More in Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. bishops denounce Amnesty’s policy to fight for legal abortions

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced Amnesty International’s recent adoption of a policy to fight for the decriminalization of abortion around the world. Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., president of the conference, said in an Aug. 23 statement that the U.S. bishops urge Amnesty to “reconsider its error and reverse...
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January 19, 2012

Vatican says it hopes Iraq does not execute Tariq Aziz

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican hopes the death penalty will not be carried out against former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, 74, said the Vatican spokesman.
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January 19, 2012

Deacon dad to enter priesthood

For 31 years, John Rapisarda has referred to Deacon Gregory Rapisarda as “Dad.”
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January 19, 2012

More young women open to religious life

WASHINGTON – Girls often dream of saying “I do” at the altar to their future spouse. Katrina Gredona hopes she’ll be saying those words to Jesus as a religious sister. “When I look at a community of religious women, I see women who contribute fruitfully to the church and to the world in a very...
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January 19, 2012

Synod asks pope to drop restrictions on married Eastern-rite priests

VATICAN CITY – Members of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East formally asked Pope Benedict XVI to change Vatican rules that technically prohibit the Eastern Catholic churches from ordaining married men outside the traditional homeland of their churches.
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