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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

Bishop tours West Virginia’s largest coal mine

WHEELING, W.Va. – To see firsthand the latest advances in coal mine safety and the daily operations of a mine, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston joined West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and others on a tour of the McElroy Mine, near Moundsville, the largest coal mine in West Virginia. In a news conference at...
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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

Xavia’s heart

As the small jet carrying 10-year-old Xavia Pirozzi’s new heart approached Philadelphia International Airport the evening of Jan. 5, there was a 20 percent chance the aircraft would not be able to land in the dense fog. Inside the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Xavia’s parents, Nicolle Borys-Pirozzi and Ralph Pirozzi, waited anxiously, knowing the fog...
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January 19, 2012

Survey shows big gaps in religious literacy

WASHINGTON – Catholics know about as much as Americans in general about religion, getting right only half of the 32 questions in a survey for the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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January 19, 2012

Mercy project strengthens city, downtown corridor

Its outreach and impact have always been formidable. Now Mercy Medical Center is about to get an edifice just as impressive.
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Stafford urges building reconciliation networks

BOSTON – Catholics should build networks of reconciliation to nurture and support one another, U.S. Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, head of the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary, said during a visit to Boston. The cardinal, a former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, spoke about penance and reconciliation at St. John’s Seminary, addressing lay people Feb. 3 and priests...
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January 19, 2012

Mercy sisterhood thrives 50 years later

Decades after they graduated from Baltimore City’s Mercy High School, Eileen Kohles Baird and Stacy Baird still wear their Mercy High School rings with pride.
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January 19, 2012

More than 35,000 pilgrims climb peak in Ireland to honor St. Patrick

DUBLIN, Ireland – More than 35,000 pilgrims climbed to the summit of Croagh Patrick for Reek Sunday, making this year’s journey one of the busiest ever.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. senators encourage support for the poor

WASHINGTON – Two U.S. senators lauded the work of people in Catholic social ministry and asked for their continued support in working to improve the lot of the poor. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., spoke separately Feb. 13 to the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, as people affiliated with parish, diocesan,...
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