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January 19, 2012

Wrongful convictions, improper jailing, plague Mexican legal system

SALTILLO, Mexico – Martin Cantu prays the rosary every morning in the Christ the Prisoner Chapel, where he also attends Mass twice weekly. The deeply Catholic father of four spends his days sewing jackets in a prison workshop and passes much of his spare time reading the Bible and pondering the allegations of fraud that...
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January 19, 2012

Former ad man has a new message, and it’s all about Jesus

Pallottine Father Salvatore C. Furnari says he had always heard God calling him to the priesthood.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican officials say book shows Mother Teresa’s strength

VATICAN CITY – Vatican officials said a new book detailing Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s long “crisis of faith” illustrates her spiritual strength in the face of doubt.
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January 19, 2012

Cathedral parishioner swims for U.S. in Rome, Paris and now Shanghai

There are days when Elizabeth Pelton laments rising before 5 a.m. to train or the necessity of using Skype to have her father join family dinners in Ruxton, but those sacrifices all seem worth it this week.
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January 19, 2012

Trade pleasures for prayer this Lent

On Ash Wednesday, we began Lent. Lent runs from Ash Wednesday until the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday. Pope John Paul II, our late great pope, made the following statement. “Lent is a time of profound truth which brings conversion, restores hope and by putting everything back in its proper order brings...
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January 19, 2012

Vatican confirms pope will meet with Israeli president

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, a Vatican official confirmed to Catholic News Service Aug. 24.
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January 19, 2012

Blogging for clarity: Fides launches site for Chinese Catholics

VATICAN CITY – Sometimes the need for delicacy in handling politically sensitive situations conflicts with the need of the faithful to have clear guidance. That’s what seems to be going on with the Vatican’s China policy, particularly surrounding the ordination in June of a bishop without papal approval.
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January 19, 2012

Seton Keough senior thrives in spotlight

When Beth Amann took the stage as Dorothy Gale in “The Wizard of Oz” three years ago at The Seton Keough High School, she was a freshman looking for a niche.
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January 19, 2012

Peruvian earthquake: scope of damage begins to emerge

LIMA, Peru – When a violent earthquake shook southern Peru in 2001, it jolted the Ica River out of its bed, flooding part of the city of Ica and forcing Celinda Terrones and her children to spend the night on the roof of their house. When a magnitude 8 quake struck Aug. 15, however, their...
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January 19, 2012

Catholic agencies dropped as Illinois foster care providers over same-sex unions

WASHINGTON – The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has informed four Catholic dioceses that it will not renew their contracts to provide foster care and adoption services because there has been “no meeting of the minds” about providing services to same-sex couples.
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January 19, 2012

Daniel Medinger reflects on 24 years at The Catholic Review

Daniel Medinger broke into the news business at age 10.
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January 19, 2012

Father Wood faces joys and challenges in Iraq

The first time Father Tyson Wood went on a ground convoy after arriving in Iraq earlier this summer, a roadside bomb exploded nearby. No one was hurt and no significant damage was sustained, but the incident was a sudden and sobering reminder that the 40-year-old military chaplain’s ministry would be one of his most challenging...
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