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January 19, 2012

Bishop Madden joins interfaith leaders in call for repeal of the death penalty

In a Jan. 13 ceremony at First and St. Stephen’s United Church of Christ in Towson, Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden joined dozens of Maryland faith leaders in signing a letter asking state lawmakers to repeal the death penalty – a recommendation urged last month by the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment.
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Pelotte reflects on his recovery

GALLUP, N.M. – In a letter posted on the Diocese of Gallup Web site Oct. 18, Bishop Donald E. Pelotte spoke philosophically about his health problems after he was injured in a fall at his home July 23.
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January 19, 2012

No room for complacency in protecting children from abuse, bishop says

WASHINGTON - Although a new report on the causes and context of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it is primarily a historical problem, the church must guard against complacency, two key figures in the release of the report said at a Washington news conference.
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January 19, 2012

Spain’s atheists continue other countries’ ad campaigns on buses

MADRID, Spain – Catholic and religious leaders have denounced slogans questioning the existence of God planned for buses in Barcelona and other Spanish cities.
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January 19, 2012

BRAC families will ‘invade’ Maryland

Expect more people in the pews in 2011, thanks to the base realignment and closure (BRAC) initiative, which will bring an estimated 28,176 new households to Maryland. Business managers from Baltimore-area parishes and schools filled an Archdiocesan workshop Oct. 18 that featured speakers from Harford, Baltimore a
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January 19, 2012

Women’s Alliance continues support of urban schools

Betty Contino felt the Holy Spirit moving her at the conclusion of the second annual luncheon for the Women’s Alliance of Partners in Excellence. She spontaneously rose to her feet.
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January 19, 2012

Catholics gear up for March for Life

Two days after President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated, thousands of Catholics from the Archdiocese of Baltimore will join tens of thousands of prolife supporters from across the country in urging the new president and Congress to protect the sanctity of life.
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January 19, 2012

Pole dies day before he was to be named cardinal

WARSAW, Poland – Retired Polish Bishop Ignacy Jez of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg, a Nazi-concentration-camp survivor, died just one day before he would have been named a cardinal.
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January 19, 2012

World Day for Prayer for Vocations is May 15

As a pediatric gastroenterologist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maria Grazia Clemente has devoted the last several years of her life to helping sick children and researching liver disease. The 47-year-old parishioner of Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus is now on the road to becoming a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur...
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January 19, 2012

Canadian author, journalist Bernard Daly dies of cancer

TORONTO – Bernard Daly – author, journalist and one of the most influential lay members of the Catholic Church in Canada – died peacefully Jan. 2 at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto after losing a battle with cancer. He was 83.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien says military chaplains defend rights

VATICAN CITY – Military chaplains must be voices of conscience and defenders of the human rights of their own soldiers, enemy combatants and civilians, said Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of Baltimore, who headed the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services for 10 years.
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January 19, 2012

Priest-psychologist sees ‘signs of grace’ in abuse scandal

BURLINGTON, Vt. – A priest-psychologist said he sees “signs of grace” amid the darkness of the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
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