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January 19, 2012

Stevens recalled as a man dedicated to his home state and its people

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Former Sen. Ted Stevens gave the state of Alaska “not only great service,” but he “remains a model for the young to give their lives in service as well,” said retired Anchorage Archbishop Francis T. Hurley.
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January 19, 2012

Chinese Catholics use feast of Assumption to pray for mudslide victims

LANZHOU, China – Catholics across China paid tribute during the feast of the Assumption to those who died in a mudslide the previous week.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic teens see online bullying as much more than just a prank

ORLANDO, Fla. – Erin Persinger is a good student at Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers who enjoys volunteering in her community, hanging out with friends and participating in sports.
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January 19, 2012

Two people killed outside Emmitsburg parish

Vincentian Father Vincent J. O’Malley had just preached on Sunday’s Gospel reading, warning that no one knows the hour when the Son of Man will come. Moments later, as the priest greeted people outside St. Joseph in Emmitsburg following the 10:15 a.m. liturgy, an automobile struck and killed two Mass-goers and seriously injured a third.
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January 19, 2012

Catechism clear on abortion question

In response to Jack Schanberger’s doctrine question (CR, July 15), the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “Direct abortion, that is, abortion that is willed as an end or a means, is a ‘criminal’ practice, gravely contrary to moral law” (CCC 2271). We are to protect the life of every human being as far as...
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January 19, 2012

Teens taught to hear leadership call at High LI

Encircled by 48 teenage attendees of the High School Leadership Institute inside the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks July 30, Paulist Father John F. Hurley looked pensive. He walked about a blue cloth that looked like a body of water.
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January 19, 2012

Relics of St. John Bosco to tour U.S., Canada in September, October

WASHINGTON – More than 16 months after it began a world tour touching over 100 nations, a casket containing relics of St. John Bosco is scheduled to visit the United States and Canada beginning in mid-September.
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January 19, 2012

CRS raises awareness on rape in Congo

More than two years ago, a Congolese woman in her 40s was attacked and raped on her way home from selling produce at an Idjwi market. When she told her husband, they went to the village chief, who scolded the woman for resisting her two attackers.
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January 19, 2012

Study: Half of children poor at birth spend formative years in poverty

WASHINGTON – A study released by the Urban Institute shows that 49 percent of children who are poor at birth go on to spend at least half of their childhoods living in poverty, but Lisa Sheehan of St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity Home in Hyattsville said that helping young, single mothers can help turn that...
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January 19, 2012

Protect youngest among us

It’s time for the minority of Americans who don’t yet embrace a pro-life position to realize that the status of children in the womb is the key civil rights problem of our day. Martin Luther King Jr. preached that “When we truly believe in the sacredness of human personality, we won’t exploit people, we won’t...
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January 19, 2012

Bishop urges U.S. treat immigration as humanitarian, not economic issue

WASHINGTON – Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the problem of immigration should not be dissected as an economic issue, but as a humanitarian one.
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January 19, 2012

School open house for city residents July 21

A Catholic school registration fair for Baltimore City residents will take place July 21 from 6-8 p.m. at the Catholic Center, on 320 Cathedral St. Representatives of city Catholic schools will be present to answer questions and enroll students.
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