VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI welcomed Christmas as a “day of great hope” and said its message of peace is sorely needed in a world beset by war, poverty and injustice.Read More
VATICAN CITY – A retired Vatican cardinal said the late Pope John Paul II had approved his congratulatory letter to a French bishop who refused to report a sexually abusive priest to police.Read More
Severna Park resident Keith Chase is well aware he has an understanding and supportive wife. After all, he is an ordained deacon, and he has a demanding job with a Baltimore financial firm, four children under the age of 9 and a foreign-exchange student living with his family.Read More
TULSA, Okla. – When a businessman donated a generator to the Church of the Madalene Dec. 15, grateful parishioners responded in kind, preparing a big spaghetti dinner and going door to door in their power-starved midtown Tulsa neighborhood to invite people to come for a hot meal.Read More
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has placed online a summary of its procedures for handling sex abuse allegations against priests, in order to illustrate the church’s commitment to protecting children and punishing offenders.Read More
Charles G. Tildon Jr., who served the church in a variety of capacities and received the papal honor of being named to the Knights of St. Gregory the Great, died Dec. 16 of cancer. He was 81.Read More
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Joel Samson showed up for Mass early Easter morning at what’s left of Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in the center of the Haitian capital, just has he has on most Sundays for the last 16 years.Read More
It was an exciting and joyous evening to remember at the 14th Mother Mary Lange, O.S.P. Awards Banquet held March 19 at Martin’s West in Baltimore County as well wishers including Oblate Sisters of Providence, pastors, various parishes, families and friends gathered to celebrate and honor Mother Lange, and recognize the 48 faith-filled African-American Catholics...Read More
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Catholic Relief Services’ staffers have to overcome political obstacles as they try to help the people of Sri Lanka rebuild three years after a tsunami hit, said a CRS official.Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore is suing Baltimore City to overturn a controversial new law that requires the city’s pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs saying they do not provide abortion or birth-control.Read More