DUBLIN, Ireland – Bishop Donal Murray of Limerick has resigned after weeks of pressure over his handling of clerical sexual abuse when he served in the Dublin Archdiocese.Read More
WASHINGTON – St. Louis residents Charles and Shirley Drury planned what they wanted to say to Pope Benedict XVI weeks before their April 16 meeting with him in Washington, but when the moment arrived, the gregarious couple found themselves tongue-tied.Read More
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – About 20 death penalty opponents gathered in the bitter cold in Michigan City for a peaceful protest and to pray as the state of Indiana prepared for the first execution in Indiana since 2007.Read More
WASHINGTON – Thousands of Americans – not all of them Catholic – filled the South Lawn of the White House for the April 16 arrival ceremony welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the White House.Read More
OSLO, Norway – The presence of Christians in the Holy Land is a force for peace and harmony in the region, particularly because of the education and health care they offer to all, said U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.Read More
Father Martin S. Nocchi thinks every year the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House remains open is just as important as the 45th anniversary the facility is now celebrating.Read More
WASHINGTON – As a vote neared on a bipartisan abortion amendment to the Senate’s version of health care reform legislation, three leading U.S. bishops said the proposed revision “simply corrects ... grave departures from current federal policy.”Read More
HIALEAH, Fla. – All they knew about the U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba is what they had heard from their parents and grandparents. They knew even less about filming a documentary.Read More
WASHINGTON – Thirteen human embryonic stem-cell lines have been approved for use in federally funded research and approval of many more lines is expected to follow, the head of the National Institutes of Health announced Dec. 2.Read More
As the United States prepares for its first papal visit in nine years, members of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are busy planning their own involvement for Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Washington, D.C., and New York April 15-20.Read More