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January 19, 2012

Vatican newspaper says mandatory sex ed programs don’t work

VATICAN CITY – When it comes to sex education programs, the Catholic Church is painted as old-fashioned and callous about teen pregnancy and disease. But governments that mandate sex education in the schools are fooling themselves about its effectiveness, the Vatican newspaper said.
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January 19, 2012

Sister makes list of top 100 women

Sister M. Karen McNally, chief administrative officer of Stella Maris, was named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women for 2009 by The Daily Record.
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January 19, 2012

Pope: Adults owe youths values that give foundation for their lives

ROME – Adults have a debt to pay to today’s young people; “we owe them real values that will provide them with a foundation for their lives,” Pope Benedict XVI said. In a June 11 evening address to participants in the Diocese of Rome’s annual pastoral convention, the pope said all Catholic adults have a...
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January 19, 2012

Aid agencies struggled to reach island communities cut off by storm

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Hurricane Irene left widespread destruction in the Bahamas and elsewhere in the Caribbean, slowing the response of church aid agencies to outlying communities.
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January 19, 2012

Media effort draws 92,000 inactive Catholics back home to church

PHOENIX – Maybe TV isn’t so bad after all. An estimated 92,000 inactive Catholics in the Phoenix Diocese have come back to the church in the last year thanks in large part to a groundbreaking television advertising campaign called Catholics Come Home.
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January 19, 2012

Early Catholic schoolgirl embroidery on display

In 1865, a 13-year-old black Catholic schoolgirl stitched her way into Maryland history. The embroidered sampler of Adele Latimore, daughter of a free black who was educated by the Oblate Sisters of Providence at St. Benedict School in Baltimore, is currently on display at the Maryland Historical Society’s Baltimore museum.
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January 19, 2012

Laughter really is the best medicine

I went to see the exhibit on humor at the Visionary Arts Museum at the Inner Harbor. It celebrated both the “heights and depths” of humor – humor from the Bible to the bathroom. It’s not for everybody.
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January 19, 2012

Letter reminds leaders that U.S. economic efforts have global impact

WASHINGTON – The economic welfare of the people of the United States is “inextricably linked with the well-being of men, women and children across the globe,” said a letter to President Barack Obama and congressional leaders from representatives of religious, development and business organizations.
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January 19, 2012

Pope publicly calls on G-8 leaders to increase development aid

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI publicly called on the leaders of the world’s richest nations to keep their promises to increase development aid.
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January 19, 2012

At Mass with seminarians, pope says he’ll proclaim new doctor of church

MADRID – Telling seminarians they must prepare seriously for the priesthood by devoting themselves to becoming saints, Pope Benedict XVI gave them a role model: St. John of Avila, who will become the Catholic Church’s 34th doctor of the church.
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese, local group join for Child Abuse Prevention Month

The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Child and Youth Protection office is partnering with the Baltimore Child Abuse Center for two milestone informational events in April.
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January 19, 2012

After 32 years, Calvert Hall basketball coach steps down

For 32 years, Mark Amatucci has been doing what he loves, coaching basketball. But on May 30, he announced that he was stepping down as head varsity basketball coach at Calvert Hall College, Towson, effective June 1.
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