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January 19, 2012

Artist’s work aims to make Stations of the Cross ‘more immediate’

WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania artist Virginia Maksymowicz said she created her sculpted reliefs of the Stations of the Cross using real people as models because she wanted each Station to seem “more immediate” to viewers than be some abstract imagery they could easily dismiss.
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January 19, 2012

Political agenda doesn’t reflect faith

Anne R. Brusca’s letter (CR, Nov. 27) is the perfect example of a Catholic who is ready, willing and able to throw the church under the bus to promote her own political agenda. She states, in part: “The right to life doesn’t stop with birth.” Maybe, but by supporting the people and political policies that...
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January 19, 2012

The Pro-Abortion Lobby … Again?

When the story of the appalling incident involving a young woman’s injuries at an abortion clinic in Elkton, in Cecil County, first surfaced last fall, voices on both sides of the abortion issue raised deep concern. Many were surprised to learn that the Free State’s permissive abortion laws carried no power to prevent the kind...
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January 19, 2012

Church provides critical services to Iraqi refugees in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria – Sawsan Hussin was worried about her son Mustafa. The 10-year-old had brought the horror of Iraq with him when the family fled to Syria. He had nightmares and would cower at the slightest noise, his hands over his ears. Mrs. Hussin knew he needed help, but as the refugee family’s savings ran...
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese celebrates St. John Neumann’s 200th birthday

In the same Baltimore church where St. John Neumann once served as pastor and was consecrated the fourth bishop of Philadelphia, hundreds of Catholics gathered March 27 at the Shrine of St. Alphonsus to celebrate the saint’s 200th birthday.
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January 19, 2012

Remembering Baltimore’s black Catholic history

The 1843 death of Sulpician Father James Joubert, co-founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, was painfully felt in the black community. Archbishop Samuel Eccleston had no use for religious women of color and suggested that the Oblates return to the world and find employment in the better households of Maryland. The women opted to...
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January 19, 2012

Boston Archdiocese, Daughters of St. Paul in dispute over pension funds

BOSTON – The Boston Archdiocese and members of the Daughters of St. Paul were scheduled to go before a mediator March 29 to resolve a number of issues in a dispute over pension funds.
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January 19, 2012

Holy Land Christian schools face continued financial pressure

BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank – Christian schools in the Holy Land, which generally work to keep politics out of the classroom, face continued financial pressure.
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January 19, 2012

Father Corapi, a popular preacher, put on administrative leave

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Father John Corapi, a popular author and preacher who has had speaking engagements all over the world, has been placed on administrative leave from priestly ministry over an accusation of misconduct.
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January 19, 2012

Sykesville mom prays for son’s cure of rare disease

Aimee Murray can deal with carrying her 31-pound, 4-year-old son. She can handle putting a 1.5-inch feeding tube into a hole in his belly and inflating a small balloon inside his abdomen to keep it in place. She can even endure exhausting hours of constantly checking on her boy to monitor his breathing and comfort...
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January 19, 2012

WYD organizers expect more than 1 million in Madrid

VATICAN CITY – With more than 1 million Catholic youths expected to converge on Madrid for World Youth Day in August, organizers are busy making final preparations, including the choice of new songs for the crowds to sing in addition to the much-criticized official hymn.
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January 19, 2012

My Sister’s Place opens for homeless women, children

A narrow, cluttered row house that had served as a day shelter for homeless women and their children has been replaced by a gleaming new center in downtown Baltimore.
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