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January 19, 2012

One family’s struggle with immigration

When a Catonsville mother of four recently took her oath as a naturalized citizen of the United States, the event proved to be bittersweet.
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January 19, 2012

Under a microscope over immigration law: Arizona’s sense of siege

DOUGLAS, Ariz. – In the weeks leading up to the scheduled enactment of Arizona’s much-debated immigration law July 29, everyday activities and conversations conveyed a sense of a state under siege, particularly in Douglas, a town of 20,000 people on the Mexican border.
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January 19, 2012

St. Ignatius parishioner donates $1 million to Kernan Hospital

When Charles B. Reeves Jr., 84, was a child, his father would take him and his brother to Kernan Hospital, Baltimore, as he “made rounds” on Sundays. Charles Reeves Sr. became president of the Kernan board of directors in 1936, serving for 19 years. In 1959, the junior Mr. Reeves joined the board to take...
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January 19, 2012

Rise in soldiers’ deaths hits close to home for Fort Campbell families

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – At the July 21 Eagle Remembrance Ceremony for nine fallen Fort Campbell soldiers, families of those who made the ultimate sacrifice paused in front of portraits of their loved ones to embrace and wipe away tears while members of the standing room only crowd did the same.
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January 19, 2012

Blog aims to educate public on preparing for possible pandemic

WASHINGTON – What do the founder of eBay, the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services and a Mercy nun/ethicist have in common?
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January 19, 2012

Beach parishes help foreign students working summer jobs feel at home

OCEAN CITY – A home-cooked meal was just what Monika Burzynska needed after her first two weeks in the United States.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services has new headquarters

WASHINGTON – When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien approved plans in 2005 to move the military archdiocese’s headquarters from its location at The Catholic University of America’s Theological College, he and his staff hoped a new building would raise the profile of an archdiocese that serves one of the Catholic Church’s largest populations. The end result...
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January 19, 2012

Beyond Arizona law debate, common ground seen on immigration solutions

LOS ANGELES – The heated national debate over Arizona’s tough new immigration law has drawn much-needed attention to calls for immigration reform, but it also has obscured the fact that there is “actual common ground” among Americans on “key elements” of reform, according to Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles.
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January 19, 2012

New book details Hitler plot to kidnap pope, foiled by Nazi general

WASHINGTON – An SS general close to Adolf Hitler foiled a plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII during World War II and to put the Vatican and its treasures under Nazi control, according to a new book. The book, “A Special Mission” by Dan Kurzman, refutes arguments that Pope Pius XII maintained a public silence...
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January 19, 2012

St. Patrick’s prayer service marks six months since Haiti earthquake

NEW YORK – Hope still exists in Haiti six months after a huge earthquake killed a quarter-million people in the Caribbean nation, according to the secretary-general for the U.N. Association of Haiti.
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January 19, 2012

British cardinals remind politicians voting for abortion unacceptable

LONDON – Britain’s two cardinals reminded Catholic politicians that it is unacceptable for them to vote for abortion rights. Cardinals Keith O’Brien of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, and Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster, England, denounced the 1967 Abortion Act May 31 as the act approaches its 40th anniversary.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic faith a source of strength for World Cup soccer player from Maryland

WASHINGTON – In the fall of 1995, a thin, fast soccer player named Oguchi Onyewu, wearing No. 5 on his red- and black-striped jersey, helped lead St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Silver Spring, Md., to a 4-1 win in the Catholic Youth Organization’s varsity Mid-Atlantic Championship in Washington.
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