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January 19, 2012

Pope says he plans to attend World Youth Day 2008 in Australia

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI announced that he planned to attend World Youth Day celebrations in Australia in July 2008, and he encouraged young people to prepare for “this marvelous celebration of the faith.” Speaking at the end of his general audience July 4, the pope confirmed hopes that he would make the 10,000-mile...
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January 19, 2012

Court panel hears oral arguments in appeal on same-sex marriage ruling

SAN FRANCISCO – A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco Dec. 6 took up the question of the constitutionality of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, a hearing that may well have been a prelude to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the initiative.
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January 19, 2012

Dragon boats take over harbor, fuel Catholic Charities

As the canoe-like boats adorned with dragon heads raced across the water in Hong Kong, Harold A. Smith’s mind drifted back to Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Community mourns death of Jesuit and his hiking companion

PORTLAND, Ore. – Family, friends and Jesuit communities are mourning the death of a California Jesuit priest and his hiking companion. The pair had been missing in Oregon since June 8.
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January 19, 2012

Canadian minister slams bishops’ criticism of anti-human smuggling bill

OTTAWA, Ontario – Jason Kenney, minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, has fired back at Canada’s bishops who criticized his recently introduced anti-human smuggling bill.
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January 19, 2012

Homeschool families vital in formation, Archbishop says

When Susan Scott’s eldest child was born, the mother of five said God spoke to her.
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January 19, 2012

Pope gives pallium to 46 archbishops as sign of unity with him

VATICAN CITY – Placing the pallium, a woolen band, around the shoulders of 46 archbishops from around the world, Pope Benedict XVI prayed that they would be true shepherds of their flocks and always united with the pope. “May this pallium be for you a symbol of unity and a sign of communion with the...
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January 19, 2012

Ellicott City school to explore wind as an energy source

Students at Ellicott City’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help School will soon be putting a lot more energy into their studies – literally.
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January 19, 2012

Frassati club offers unique blend of sports, religion

Defenders slipped and tripped past Joseph Gill across the muddy soccer field of St. John the Evangelist, Severna Park. They crashed onto the muddy mess, sending water flying several feet away. Mr. Gill sliced through a torrential rain and kept the ball firmly at the tip of his foot until he buried a shot in...
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January 19, 2012

St. John student wins Maryland title in National History Day contest

Standing in front of a panel of judges to present her PowerPoint entry on the Titanic for a National History Day contest, Mara Franciscovich held her composure. Although judges tried to stump her with questions about the 46,000-ton ocean liner, the 13-year-old returned steady responses.
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January 19, 2012

Religious leaders urge Senate to ratify arms treaty to make world safer

WASHINGTON – Catholic and other religious leaders have urged the U.S. Senate to ratify the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty by the end of the year, saying the pact is important for the future of the world and critical to making it safer.
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January 19, 2012

GOP platform decries abortion, calls for human life amendment

WASHINGTON – Upholding its long-standing view that life begins at conception, the Republican Party decried the practice of abortion and repeated its call for a human life amendment to the U.S. Constitution in its 2008 political platform.
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