PORTLAND, Ore. – Gary Ascher has a good life. Amiable and bright, he’s in a long-lasting marriage. His children are high-achieving. He holds down a steady job making patterns for cast metal machinery.Read More
Some 180 sisters of 13 different religious communities listened to experts speak about the topic “Taking charge of your health and wellness,” in the lobby of the Weinberg Center for Women’s Health and Medicine at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Jan. 27. During the forum the sisters were educated on five different topics: gynecologic health, exercising...Read More
WASHINGTON – As the Catholic Church observed National Migration Week Jan. 3-9, support for legislative efforts took the forefront amid various other steps to bring attention to the concerns of migrants and refugees.Read More
WASHINGTON – On any given day this January, a full 21 months before the 2008 election, it seemed that someone was announcing a presidential exploratory committee or launching his or her campaign for president. And there was a good chance that the candidate was a Catholic. When Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts bowed out...Read More
“Bishops Address Public Policy” (CR, Jan 25) is among a number of articles that distort the real issues. These articles tout “earned legalization,” the “death” of illegal aliens attempting to enter our country and sending the wrong signal to the international community. These one-sided articles distorted the total picture of illegal aliens. It failed to...Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Just two years after he blessed Our Lady of Guadalupe Church as a mission of St. Edward Parish, Nashville Bishop David R. Choby dedicated it as the first independent Hispanic parish in Tennessee.Read More
Surrounded by paintings, letters and memorabilia of Oblate Sisters of Providence founder Mother Mary Lange, Sister Virginie Fish, O.S.P. prepares for the day-long celebration marking the 125th anniversary of the candidate for sainthood’s death on Feb. 3. The event is a tradition the 79-year-old director of the Mother Mary Lange Guild has organized annually since...Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican will decide how to proceed with the young woman responsible for knocking down Pope Benedict XVI during Christmas Eve Mass only after it reviews medical and Vatican security reports, said Vatican spokesmen.Read More
PHILADELPHIA – The priorities of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life Activities today are “the priorities we’ve had for years, along with new challenges to life, “ said Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, who is now chairman of the committee. “We are simply trying to be faithful defenders of life at this juncture in the...Read More
MEXICO CITY – Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera criticized the city’s legalization of gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.Read More
Woodmont Academy, Cooksville, met and exceeded a fundraising challenge issued by The Cunningham Family Foundation. Thomas C. Cunningham, a parent of four Woodmont students, committed to donate at least $900,000 to the school’s capital campaign, Building Faith … Forming Leaders, reliant upon the school raising $1 million on its own by the end of 2006.Read More