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January 19, 2012

World’s top golfer swings by St. Joan

As one of the most enthusiastic golfers in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Father Samuel Young was more than a bit excited to see Lorena Ochoa, the number-one women’s golfer in the world, sitting in a pew at St. Joan of Arc, Aberdeen, before the 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass, June 10.
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January 19, 2012

Anonymous gift allows Indiana teacher to pay debt, enter religious life

INDIANAPOLIS – At the start of June, Jennifer Prickel was still wondering when God might allow her to follow her call into religious life.
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January 19, 2012

Doctor offers tips for playground safety

When Dr. Maria Brown takes her 2-year-old daughter to the playground, she makes sure she’s right behind her when the toddler climbs onto the slide or tests out the swings. “Things happen really quickly,” warned Dr. Brown, a pediatrician at St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, and a parishioner of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation...
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January 19, 2012

Senators urged not to repeal policy on abortions in military hospitals

WASHINGTON – Requiring personnel in military hospitals to perform or participate in abortions would place “a very heavy burden” on those in the armed forces who value human life, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services told U.S. senators.
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January 19, 2012

Australian cardinal says he regrets vote for therapeutic cloning

SYDNEY, Australia – Cardinal George Pell of Sydney said he regrets the passage of a therapeutic cloning initiative by the New South Wales state parliament.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican expresses surprise, indignation at raid on Belgian archdiocese

VATICAN CITY - In a strongly worded statement, the Vatican expressed surprise and indignation at the way Belgian police carried out a raid on the headquarters of the Belgian Catholic Church in connection with an investigation into alleged priestly sex abuse.
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January 19, 2012

Pope canonizes four new saints, God’s ‘masterpieces’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI canonized four new saints from Malta, Poland, the Netherlands and France and said they exemplified the many and varied forms of holiness in the church. “God’s wisdom is manifested in the cosmos, in the variety and beauty of its elements, but his masterpieces are the saints,” the pope said...
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January 19, 2012

Bishops express prayers, pastoral solidarity with all affected by spill

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops publicly expressed their “heartfelt prayers and pastoral solidarity with all those affected by the oil that continues to leak into the Gulf of Mexico.”
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January 19, 2012

Pope urges nations to protect religious freedom, family, environment

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged nations to protect religious freedom, the environment and the family in a speech to five new ambassadors to the Vatican. The pope welcomed the diplomats from Sudan, Burundi, Pakistan, Estonia and Iceland June 1 as they presented him with their credentials. While Catholics are a minority in the...
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January 19, 2012

Gearing Up for the Future

Last Thursday, the committee formed to create a strategic plan for the future of Catholic schools, the Blue Ribbon Committee on Catholic Schools, issued to me its 56 recommendations for assuring the long-term sustainability and growth of our Catholic school system.
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January 19, 2012

New affinity Visa card supports missions and evangelization

NEW YORK – Catholics now have the opportunity to participate in the missionary work of the church each time they use a new affinity credit card. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith in New York recently announced the creation of the World Missions Visa credit card. The card will generate funds for the...
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January 19, 2012

Gun buy-back applauded

I completely agree with Monsignor Damien Nalepa (CR, May 20) in which he states “Half of the guns turned in were lethal weapons capable of great harm.” In the city of Newark, N.J., violent deaths caused by guns have decreased over 60 percent, because of the gun buy-back. We are committed to the sanctity of...
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