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January 19, 2012

Catholics join other South Koreans honoring ex-president at funeral

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean Catholics joined Christians, Buddhists and members of other faiths who paid tribute to former President Roh Moo-hyun, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News.
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January 19, 2012

Mercy beats IND in annual game

Magic-mania erupted as the buzzer sounded on Jan. 25 at the Towson Center, as the Mercy High School Magic outscored the Institute of Notre Dame 44-28 to take a 26-16 lead in this 42-year-old tradition called “The Game.”
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January 19, 2012

As bishops stay neutral, voters have say on ‘personhood,’ labor rights

WASHINGTON – Voters in Mississippi and Ohio confronted such traditional Catholic issues as abortion and labor rights on Election Day, but the Catholic bishops in those states remained neutral on the specific ballot questions raised.
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January 19, 2012

Pope says simplicity, sobriety, sacrifice aren’t just for monks

VATICAN CITY – The principles of poverty, chastity and sacrifice for the good of the community, which are characteristic of monastic life, are valid for all Christians, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Bishops work to help force-fed indigenous hunger striker

SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Catholic bishops are working to resolve a situation in which an imprisoned Mapuche woman, convicted of arson under the country’s anti-terrorist legislation, is being force-fed intravenously after more than 100 days on a hunger strike.
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January 19, 2012

Mass unites Mexicans, Americans separated by border fence

ANAPRA, Mexico – The Mexican bishop often exchanged glances with his American counterpart as they celebrated the All Souls’ Day Mass. But instead of embracing at the kiss of peace, they touched palms - though the chain-link fence.
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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

Religion in the political debate – enough already!

Pope Benedict XVI won’t be drawn into American politics when he comes to the U.S. in April in the middle of a heated presidential race. That’s what the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, told an Italian Catholic magazine, and I’m glad to hear it.
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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

New superior urges Jesuits to strengthen service to poor

ROME – Spanish-born Father Adolfo Nicolas, the newly elected superior general of the Jesuits, called on the more than 19,000 members of his order to strengthen their service to the poor and those excluded from the benefits of economic globalization.
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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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