BETHLEHEM, West Bank – The wall. Pope Benedict XVI had to pass through a gate in Israel’s 26-foot-high security wall to get to Bethlehem to celebrate Mass May 13 near the birthplace of Jesus.Read More
Charles G. Tildon Jr., who served the church in a variety of capacities and received the papal honor of being named to the Knights of St. Gregory the Great, died Dec. 16 of cancer. He was 81.Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. – With reverence, high ceremony, singing, prayer and applause, Conventual Franciscan father Gregory John Hartmayer was ordained and installed as the 14th bishop of Savannah.Read More
Each night, Dorothy Geathers sits down with her twin granddaughters, Candace and Claudaya Hood-Bey, and diligently watches them do their homework.Read More
COLUMBIA – Finding that they have common ground, the archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington held their annual Hispanic Ministry Convocation at St. John the Evangelist in Columbia Oct. 17.Read More
MIAMI – Father Alberto Cutie, administrator of St. Francis de Sales Parish in Miami Beach and general director and president of Pax Catholic Communications, was removed from his posts after photos of him with a woman on the beach were released by a tabloid magazine May 5.Read More
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Catholic Relief Services’ staffers have to overcome political obstacles as they try to help the people of Sri Lanka rebuild three years after a tsunami hit, said a CRS official.Read More
When Patricia Modell was presented the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross – a special papal honor, she called the recognition “absolutely wonderful,” but quickly added a caveat.Read More
UNITED NATIONS – The Vatican’s chief representative to the United Nations has set forth a series of steps that will move the world toward the goal of eventual nuclear disarmament.Read More
Ever since she was a baby, her mother beat her. Involved with drugs, her mother would leave her unattended, even as an infant and toddler. Sometimes she took the child to bars. She was just 9 when her mother was imprisoned for beating her. Her biological father was dead.Read More
MIDDLETOWN – Vincentian Father Sylvester Peterka was attending a priests’ enrichment day focused on resilience in ministry when a text popped up on his phone Oct. 10. One of his senior parishioners was in the hospital and was looking for someone to visit her. That same day, a young man called the pastor looking for...Read More