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January 19, 2012

Poignant moments, some surprises in new film about late pope

VATICAN CITY – Pope John Paul II was lightly wounded by a knife-wielding priest in Portugal in 1982, one year after a gunman tried to kill him in St. Peter’s Square, according to one of the late pope’s closest aides.
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January 19, 2012

Interfaith couple honors Catholic, Jewish traditions

When the Christmas season approaches, the Advent candles aren’t the only ones that are lit in the home of Mark and Catherine Palmisano. The married couple and their three sons also reverently light a Jewish menorah to honor the days of Hanukkah.
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January 19, 2012

Educators outline ways Catholic schools contribute to wider society

PORTLAND, Ore. – Love or hate their politics, new House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, and Democratic Vice President Joe Biden are products of Catholic education. Both men rose from humble circumstances.
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January 19, 2012

New Knights’ survey outlines Catholic views on host of moral issues

WASHINGTON – American Catholic voters in 2008 tend to be more moderate and less liberal than U.S. voters as a whole, according to a survey commissioned by the Knights of Columbus and released Oct. 14.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican ambassadors: Potpourri of people

VATICAN CITY – Many countries’ embassies to the Vatican have a priest on staff to help advise their ambassador on pontifical protocol and all things Catholic.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. monthlong observance targets ‘global travesty’ of human trafficking

WASHINGTON – By proclaiming January Human Trafficking Prevention Month, President Barack Obama signified he is “very much in touch” with a problem he has called “a global travesty,” said Julie Tanner, assistant director of socially responsible investing for Christian Brothers Investment Services.
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January 19, 2012

Indulgences available at St. Paul

During the Year of St. Paul, which concludes June 28, 2009, pilgrims who visit St. Paul in Ellicott City may obtain a special plenary indulgence (remission before God of the temporal punishment of sin).
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal calls for unity of Chinese Catholic communities

A Scottish cardinal has told Chinese Communist Party officials there is no need for a patriotic association in their country.
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January 19, 2012

Polar Bear Plunge warms hearts of mother-daughter team

There was a time when Karen Pizza, like many people, didn’t know how to interact with a special needs person.
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January 19, 2012

Jesuit returns to his beloved downtown parish

For Father William J. Watters, S.J., it marked a homecoming. Father Watters, who had served as pastor of St. Ignatius, Baltimore, from 1991 to 2005, returned to that position Oct. 4, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien announced.
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January 19, 2012

New pastor, associate pastor begin at Holy Rosary

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has appointed two priests who are natives of Poland to fill the positions of pastor and associate pastor of Holy Rosary, Fells Point, effective Nov. 1.
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January 19, 2012

Same-sex unions ‘penalize’ traditional marriage, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Same-sex unions “penalize” traditional couples and distort the true nature of the family, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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