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January 19, 2012

Federal appeals court upholds ruling Vatican can be sued over abuse

SAN FRANCISCO – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco March 3 upheld a 2006 lower court ruling that the Vatican is not entitled to sovereign immunity from a clergy sex abuse lawsuit that named it as a defendant.
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January 19, 2012

Park Heights educator honored as principal of the year

Pamela Sanders was thinking about retiring from a three-decade career in the Baltimore City public school system when her former pastor at St. Ambrose in Park Heights asked a favor. The former principal was stepping down and Father John Pfannenstiel, O.F.M. Cap., wanted Ms. Sanders to succeed her at the inner-city school.
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January 19, 2012

Catholics rally for life through Summer of Mercy events

About 270 people took a neighborhood walk together on a hot summer evening in Germantown July 31. As part of the Summer of Mercy 2.0 events to witness for life, people of all ages processed from Mother Seton Church praying the rosary, and they walked a few blocks to the nearby office complex, where late-term...
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January 19, 2012

Africa’s poverty, culture counter church efforts to control HIV

LUSAKA, Zambia – Extreme poverty and cultural practices are contributing to the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, despite efforts to control HIV, said church officials.
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January 19, 2012

Mexican family gave up dream because of state law

TULSA, Okla. – Sergio Garcia is a man who has taken a tremendous risk – and lost. Garcia and his wife, Lola, are illegal immigrants from Mexico. Because of a new Oklahoma state law, they made the difficult decision to give up the dream they have worked toward for the past eight years and planned...
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop Sambi, U.S. nuncio since early 2006, dies at age 73

Italian Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Vatican nuncio to the United States, died late July 27 at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore after a hospitalization that began with lung surgery. He was 73.
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January 19, 2012

Maryland March for Life is March 9

Hundreds of Marylanders will gather in Annapolis March 9 to rally in support of pregnant women at the 30th annual Maryland March for Life.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien to form priest advisory council

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has begun the process of establishing his presbyteral council, a key consultative body of priests from throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore required by the Code of Canon Law.
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January 19, 2012

In aftermath of Irish report on abuse, Vatican recalls nuncio

VATICAN CITY – In an exceptional move, the Vatican recalled its nuncio to Ireland so that he could participate in meetings aimed at drafting the Vatican’s formal response to an Irish government report on clerical sex abuse.
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January 19, 2012

Immaculate Conception School closed for rest of week

Nearly 90 Immaculate Conception School students were out sick Feb. 24 due to flu-like symptoms, causing the principal to cancel classes for the remainder of the week.
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January 19, 2012

Deacons’ wives say sacrifices enrich their lives

Severna Park resident Keith Chase is well aware he has an understanding and supportive wife.
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January 19, 2012

Guest column: Message of Cardinal O’Connor resonates

For many years I had the opportunity to serve closely with my Archbishop, Cardinal John O’Connor of New York, in my opinion one of the greatest Church leaders of our era. Having listened to his homilies, especially those at priests’ ordinations, it is still my hope that one day they will be gathered and published....
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