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January 19, 2012

Wakeboarding makes a splash on waterways

Always eager to engage in a new sporting activity, 36-year-old Coleman Devlin quenched his thirst for adventure when he dove into wakeboarding 10 years ago. “The versatility of what you can do wakeboarding is 100 times what you can do on skiis,” said the financial advisor for Ryan Beck & Co, who attends St. Mary...
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January 19, 2012

Bipartisan support key to proposed expansion of low-power radio

WASHINGTON – Imagine a bill that has bipartisan support in both houses of Congress. Given the recent wrangling on many bills that have gotten more publicity, one might think such a thing doesn’t happen anymore.
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January 19, 2012

Pope makes urgent appeal for end to ‘tragic violence’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI made an urgent appeal for an end to the “tragic violence” escalating in the Gaza Strip. After praying the noonday “Regina Coeli” with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square May 20, the pope called on both Palestinian and Israeli leaders to renew efforts for dialogue and to curb the...
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Tobin says he asked Rep. Kennedy privately not to receive Communion

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The bishop of Providence said he was “disappointed and really surprised” Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., made public a letter he wrote to the congressman almost three years ago about his practice of the Catholic faith and reception of Communion.
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January 19, 2012

St. Wenceslaus honors groups entangled in dispute

The Save Middle East Action Committee and East Baltimore Development Initiative may have clashed over plans to revitalize a troubled East Baltimore neighborhood, but both organizations agree that Baltimore’s St. Wenceslaus has been instrumental in helping them compromise. St. Wenceslaus, which is focusing on commemorating signs of hope in the community, honored the two groups...
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January 19, 2012

U.S. political parties are marked by hypocrisy, says former papal aide

ROME - The political campaigns and policies of the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States suffer from “hypocrisy” and ethical inconsistency, a former papal aide said.
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January 19, 2012

Latin American, Caribbean bishops tackle agenda outlined by pope

APARECIDA, Brazil – With their agenda broadly outlined by Pope Benedict XVI, the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean began the conference that will lead to pastoral guidelines for the region for the next 10-15 years. Several bishops who spoke with journalists said the pope raised many of the issues likely to be addressed...
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January 19, 2012

Wild-rice wisdom: letting up and slowing down

It was a difficult decision for the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa to suspend its wild rice harvest last fall.
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January 19, 2012

Pope tells enthusiastic Brazilian youths to live fully, responsibly

SAO PAULO, Brazil – Pope Benedict XVI addressed a stadium full of enthusiastic Brazilian young people, telling them that a life lived without moral responsibility is a life wasted. At a rally May 10 in Sao Paulo, the pope warned against sexual infidelity, drug use and unethical shortcuts to success and said the desire to...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops’ meeting opens; Cardinal George talks about role of priests

Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago contemplated a scenario of what the church would look like without priests in his presidential address on the first day of the U.S. bishops' annual fall general assembly in Baltimore Nov. 16-19.
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January 19, 2012

Bishops, leaders share thoughts on confirmation at summit

More than 200 religious education directors, catechists and priests filled the meeting room at St. John the Evangelist, Columbia, May 9 for an all day Bishop’s Summit on Confirmation, sponsored by the Division of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. “This is an opportunity to encourage and increase enthusiasm for confirmation,” said Scott Miller, coordinator of...
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January 19, 2012

Spiritual Exercises found online

For centuries, Catholics around the world have deepened their faith by partaking in the “Spiritual Exercises” of St. Ignatius of Loyola – a month-long series of prayerful meditations focused heavily on the life of Christ.
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