WARSAW, Poland – A Polish archbishop has said there is no need to tighten anti-abortion laws by amending the Polish Constitution. “I’m convinced our constitution protects life decisively enough at this moment,” said Archbishop Tadeusz Goclowski of Gdansk. “The stable situation now created should prompt us not to take actions which could dramatize or complicate...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will erect the All Saints Sisters of the Poor, a formerly Anglican women’s religious community based in Catonsville, as a Catholic diocesan institute during a 4:30 p.m. liturgy Nov. 1 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.Read More

Members of Baltimore’s Hispanic community will honor the late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero of San Salvador in El Salvador with a procession and Mass in Fells Point March 24 on the 27th anniversary of his assassination. An outspoken critic of human rights abuses by the Salvadoran military who was murdered while celebrating Mass, Archbishop Romero...Read More

In “For U.S. Hispanics, poverty is growing little relief ahead” (CR, Oct. 13), Dennis Sadowski’s sympathetic report (CR, Oct 13) opened with, “Bundled against a gusty, cool autumn wind . . .”Read More

READ THE COMPLETE TEXT VATICAN CITY – Catholics must believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, celebrate the liturgy with devotion and live in a way that demonstrates their faith, Pope Benedict XVI said. “The celebration and worship of the Eucharist enable us to draw near to God’s love and to persevere...Read More

SAVANNAH, Ga. – With reverence, high ceremony, singing, prayer and applause, Conventual Franciscan father Gregory John Hartmayer was ordained and installed as the 14th bishop of Savannah.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Taking advantage of new media to spread the Gospel, the Catholic Church also has an obligation to point out areas where the media has a harmful effect, especially on children, Pope Benedict XVI said. The pope called on media operators “to safeguard the common good, to uphold the truth, to protect individual...Read More

COLUMBIA – Finding that they have common ground, the archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington held their annual Hispanic Ministry Convocation at St. John the Evangelist in Columbia Oct. 17.Read More