VATICAN CITY – Members of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee expressed “deep regret over certain polemical and intemperate statements” being made about Pope Pius XII.Read More
Driving through the Cleveland suburbs recently, I had a great life-imitates-art moment: a sign on Interstate 271 announcing two impending exits, one for “Harvard Rd.” and the other for “Chagrin Blvd.”Read More
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – With a large cross of ashes on his forehead, Peter Noel - head bowed and deep in prayer - leaned on the windowsill at the back of the chapel where Ash Wednesday Mass was concluding.Read More
Like any parent, Stuart Czapski always felt his daughter, Ann, was special. He saw the eldest of his four children as a kind person devoted to her faith and community who also excelled in the classroom.Read More
Try explaining vocations to a room full of third-graders. Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski, eastern vicar, gamely took charge of the third-grade religious education class at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, Feb. 24 and did just that.Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – With a one-sentence order, the California Supreme Court March 1 denied a request to speed up consideration of a key question in the appeal over the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Two Italian nuns, both in their 60s, were kidnapped Nov. 10 in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, the Vatican newspaper reported.Read More
PORT EDWARDS, Wis. – The production of pulp and paper products is synonymous with the small Wisconsin town of Port Edwards. Together with the other towns and cities in the La Crosse Diocese that straddle the Wisconsin River – including Nekoosa, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, Mosinee and Wausau – Port Edwards is and always has...Read More
PHILADELPHIA – “Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,” says the first reading from Isaiah (58:1) for March 11 –- the date set for a Lenten prayer service at Philadelphia’s Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.Read More
When College of Notre Dame of Maryland dean of education Sister Sharon Slear arrived at the school 18 years ago, there was only traditional undergraduate course-work offered for potential teachers. The School Sister of Notre Dame saw possibilities for vast amounts of growth.Read More
The Baltimore Sun published an article written by Jay Hancock entitled “Legalizing same-sex marriage is sensible” on the front page of the Feb. 20 business section. The article can be read online at https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.hancock20feb20,0,7741294.column. This article confuses a number of issues to come up with a faulty conclusion. It is imperative that we voice our...Read More
SEVERNA PARK – Warren Tanghe, ordained a transitional deacon by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien Feb. 26, will become a priest in the Catholic Church June 25.Read More