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January 19, 2012

Toronto archbishop leads by example, sponsors Iraqi refugee family

TORONTO – For Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins, the fate of Iraqi Christians trapped in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon is not just another tough case in an unfair world full of too much heartbreak. For him, the situation is personal.
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January 19, 2012

Death penalty foes hail Tennessee governor’s moratorium

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Death penalty opponents in Tennessee are applauding Gov. Phil Bredesen’s decision to temporarily halt state executions to study the state’s protocol for carrying out death sentences, but they say it “doesn’t go nearly far enough.” Alex Wiesendanger, associate director of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing, called the move “a great...
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January 19, 2012

San Pellegrino: Vatican police, firefighters have their own church

VATICAN CITY – The Swiss Guards have the colorful uniforms and the heroic legends, but the Vatican police and firefighters have the ancient church.
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January 19, 2012

A 3-2 Maryvale win deflates five-time defending champion IND

Before the start of the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland indoor soccer championship game Feb. 9, Maryvale Preparatory School, Brooklandville, athletic director, Terri Moeser walked into the Clarence Du Burns Arena, Canton, carrying the IAAM B Conference Traveling Championship Bowl secured last season. When he left, the athletic director was carrying the Traveling Championship Bowl...
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January 19, 2012

Determining right tuition number a challenge

Sister Shawn Marie Maguire feels it is an unprecedented time in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Holy Land conflict: bringing the issue home

As Catholic Relief Services’ former director for the Middle East, Christine H. Tucker saw firsthand the conflict-ridden borders of Palestine and Israel. This February, the St. Louis, Clarksville, parishioner is bringing the issue home, via Howard County television. Ms. Tucker, who serves as the Mid-Atlantic regional director for CRS, shares her knowledge of the escalating...
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January 19, 2012

Sisters’ farm emphasizes giving, building community, caring for earth

STANFORDVILLE, N.Y. – Who knew that Catholic social teaching was a glorious assault on the senses?
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January 19, 2012

Magic rebounds – Snapping a four-year skid

The smile on Mercy head coach Mary Ella Marion’s face as time expired for the 41st meeting of “The Game”, between Baltimore archrivals Mercy High School and The Institute of Notre Dame said it all. For Marion and her squad it was elation, pride and relief as the Magic upended IND for the second time...
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January 19, 2012

Guest columnist: Exist to evangelize

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has asked four individuals to serve as guest columnists in August. The first is Paulist Father John Hurley, the executive director of the archdiocesan Department of Evangelization.
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January 19, 2012

Gov. O’Malley hosts Catholic educators at mansion

ANNAPOLIS – Standing inside the governor’s mansion he has occupied for less than three weeks, Gov. Martin J. O’Malley told a group of Catholic educators he never would have pursued a career in public service were it not for his own Catholic education.
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January 19, 2012

Church aid workers try to reach Pakistanis homeless, hungry from floods

BANGALORE, India – Church aid workers in Pakistan were trying to reach hundreds of thousands of people displaced and rendered homeless by the rain and floods that had claimed more than 1,200 lives in Pakistan’s mountainous northwestern region.
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January 19, 2012

Father Drinan, ex-congressman, dead at 86

WASHINGTON – Jesuit Father Robert F. Drinan, the first Catholic priest to vote in the U.S. Congress, received praise and censure during his lifetime for his active involvement in politics. Father Drinan, 86, died Jan. 28 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, where he had been treated for pneumonia and congestive heart failure for the...
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