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January 19, 2012

Trade school in Haiti named for Cardinal Keeler

The Diocese of Gonaives, Haiti, showed its appreciation for Cardinal William H. Keeler by naming a newly built trade school after him.
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January 19, 2012

Obamas miss having a church, but worry about causing disruptions

WASHINGTON – After a painful controversy about the sometimes bombastic comments made by the former pastor at their longtime church in Chicago, President Barack Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, were treading carefully in choosing a worship community in Washington.
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January 19, 2012

Internationally musical family credits faith for success

Grinning impishly, 15-year-old Frances Grace Borowsky looked at her parents and declared: “I think they’ve done a good job so far.”
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January 19, 2012

The Supreme Court: A look at when it has reversed decisions and why

WASHINGTON – Sometimes, when the Supreme Court reverses itself on an earlier decision – in some cases, decades earlier – there is a great to-do over what it means.
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January 19, 2012

Man thought to have perished in Katrina is alive and kicking

NEW ORLEANS – First, the good news. Uriel Little, 76, is alive and kicking. What has Little scratching his head these days – two and a half years after he was evacuated from St. Bernard Manor before Hurricane Katrina hit – is a stately stone monument erected Aug. 29, 2007, by St. Bernard Parish, a...
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January 19, 2012

Torture survivors testify at Human Rights Commission hearing

WASHINGTON – Torture survivors and advocates implored Congress June 25 to investigate allegations of military torture of war prisoners, saying that the U.S. must be an example for other countries in respect for human rights.
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January 19, 2012

Group pays tribute to miser who gave all to help needy

WATERBURY, Conn. – A small group of people traveled 140 miles on a recent Monday morning to pray briefly at the snow-covered grave of a man who died before any of them was born. He wasn’t related to anyone in the group and he hadn’t willed them an inheritance, but he had left them a...
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January 19, 2012

Dominican sister vows to remain in Iraq despite increasing violence

WASHINGTON – Despite growing numbers of Iraqi Christians fleeing their country to escape the violence and persecution, an Iraqi Dominican nun says she will remain in her country.
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January 19, 2012

Bill would have ‘chilling effect’ on crisis pregnancy centers

Pro-life leaders and advocates for pregnant women are outraged by the introduction of two bills in Annapolis they say will have a “chilling effect” on the outreach efforts of crisis pregnancy centers across the state.
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January 19, 2012

Father Dietzen needs no further explanation

I thought Father Dietzen’s column on salvation (CR, June 4) clearly covered not only the chasm between God and man, but also God’s generous gifts to us. In response, Elaine Ireland (CR, June 18) states “if our focus is on our own salvation and our reason for doing for others is to gain that salvation,...
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January 19, 2012

MCC calls for elimination of embryonic stem cell research

The Maryland Catholic Conference called for the elimination of state funding for embryonic stem cell research during a Feb. 21 hearing on the issue in Annapolis.
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January 19, 2012

With marriage laws changing, issue seen as top priority for bishops

SAN ANTONIO – In one of a series of status reports on ongoing projects of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops June 18, bishops attending their spring meeting in San Antonio were told the rapid pace of legal changes on the status of marriage in the United States has been keeping that concern a top...
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