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Aid agencies focus on developing Haitians’ ability to rebuild country

WASHINGTON - As recovery efforts slowly move forward a year after a massive earthquake leveled Haiti’s most densely populated communities, aid and development agencies have begun focusing on building the skills of Haitians to better address the numerous challenges facing the impoverished nation.
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Poverty rate up, American dream a bust for more people, speaker says

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For more and more people, the American dream isn’t turning out the way it was envisioned, said Cathy Hinko, executive director of the Metropolitan Housing Coalition in Louisville.
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St. Patrick parishioner honored by alma mater

John Hesterly, a parishioner of St. Patrick in Havre De Grace, has received many honors and awards in his lifetime, but on May 11 he was truly humbled and privileged to accept a Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater, Henderson State University in Arkansas. “I was thrilled beyond words,” said Mr. Hesterly. “I’m still...
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Back to Assisi: Pope Benedict to commemorate event he skipped

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said he would go to Assisi in October to mark the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s interreligious prayer for peace, but he did not actually say anything about praying with members of other religions.
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‘Great continental mission’ still elusive for bishops

APARECIDA, Brazil – More than halfway through a major meeting in which bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean are hammering out pastoral priorities, the “great continental mission” that several bishops predicted would emerge has not been a priority. “We haven’t discussed it, so we don’t know what it will be like or if it...
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A prayer for the jobless, while moving our feet

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
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Surgeon tells of crucial miracle for Malta’s first saint

LONDON – A surgeon who testified about the miraculous healing of a baby at a British hospital said he remains mystified by the child’s recovery, the miracle that cleared the way for the canonization of Malta’s first saint. Dr. Anil Dhawan, professor of pediatric hepatology at King’s College Hospital, London, told Catholic News Service May...
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Allentown bishop talks about the fundamentals of basketball, faith

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The atmosphere had the feeling of a high-five at Bethlehem Catholic High School as Bishop John O. Barres of Allentown was on hand to shoot a promotional DVD for the upcoming Knights of Columbus’ International Free Throw Championship.
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Catholic lobbyist helps stars get support for charitable causes

WASHINGTON – You’d think Bono, the lead singer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band U2 and a social activist on the side, could open just about any door he wanted.
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Poll finds many Catholics unaware of abuse prevention

WASHINGTON – Only one-third of Catholics in a national survey said they had heard of the U.S. bishops’ policies to prevent child sex abuse and respond to abuse allegations, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate said May 16. Only one-sixth said they have heard of the abuse prevention programs in their own diocese,...
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