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January 19, 2012

Ireland’s abuse report: Stories from victims, stories from employees

DUBLIN, Ireland – The report by Ireland’s independent Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse highlighted stories from victims of abuse at government-run institutions, but also presented testimony by priests and nuns who worked at the schools and orphanages.
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January 19, 2012

Challenge lukewarm Catholics to help church in U.S.

It used to be said that Roman Catholics were the largest religious body in the United States and ex-Roman Catholics the second largest. Now that needs revising. It seems that former Catholics are only the third largest group, behind Catholics and Southern Baptists. Is this progress?
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January 19, 2012

Parishes get ready for new translation of Roman Missal

The way Father Gerard Francik sees it, there are two ways to approach the upcoming introduction of the new English translation of the Roman Missal.
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January 19, 2012

Focus on the good

Last month the headlines were filled with terrible stories of murders and suicides, of fathers killing their own families. The front pages of the newspaper always seem to have the bad news. That’s why I always turn to the good news in the back of the paper – the obituaries!
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January 19, 2012

Young adult Catholics are drawn to church ministry

WASHINGTON – Although many young adult Catholics are interested in church ministry they find it difficult to connect their career plans or talents with available ministries, according to a survey released this year.
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January 19, 2012

War dead prompts letters of ‘penance’ from North Carolina rep

WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama announced plans Oct. 21 to pull the 44,000 U.S. troops out of Iraq by the end of the year, perhaps no one on Capitol Hill was more pleased than Rep. Walter B. Jones.
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January 19, 2012

Bonded by Christian Brothers, Calvert Hall reaches out to Montana school

Living on the Blackfeet Native American reservation in Browning, Mont., her entire life, Shainelle Birdrattler considered seeing a professional sporting event unthinkable.
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January 19, 2012

Preparation Rites share stories, excitement of journeys

Cradle Catholics preparing for Easter might not be familiar with one Holy Week celebration: the Preparation Rites on Saturday morning for those who will be received into the church that evening.
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January 19, 2012

Back to God

Recently, a very saintly woman asked me what I thought of mediums – people who purport to make contact with those who have died, with those who have “passed over.” Being a practical philosopher and theologian by trade, and a lover of puns by personal preference, I responded: “It’s rare to find a medium that’s...
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January 19, 2012

Pope urges peace, two-state solution as he leaves Holy Land

JERUSALEM – Amid billowing Israeli and Vatican flags, Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed his friendship with both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, acknowledging the Palestinians’ right to an independent state as well as Israel’s right to exist in “peace and security.”
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January 19, 2012

O’Dwyer Retreat House celebrates 45 with a birthday bash

For 45 years, Baltimore-area youths have inhaled a breath of country air and jumped into the swimming pool at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks.
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January 19, 2012

Illinois bill seeks to allow Catholic Charities to continue adoptions

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A bill introduced in mid-October by an Illinois state senator seeks to allow state Catholic Charities agencies to continue their foster care and adoption services only to married couples and single individuals who are not living together.
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