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Atlanta archbishop: Despite discouragement, it’s ‘high season’ for ecumenism

TAMPA, Fla. – Despite disappointment and discouragement voiced over the slower pace of ecumenical talks than in decades past, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory offered his view that it is “high season” for the ecumenical movement during an April 20 address in Tampa.
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Mount priest hosts TV show

On May 1, The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) began airing its second season of “Catholicism on Campus,” a weekly show hosted by Monsignor Stuart Swetland, vice president of Catholic identity at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg.
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Parents in USCCB-commissioned poll express concern over media content

WASHINGTON – Parents are concerned about the content of the media to which their children are exposed and are eager to exert more control over that exposure.
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Three seminarians prepare for ordination as transitional deacons

A lawyer, a professional chef and a computer specialist will take one step closer to the priesthood when Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien ordains them transitional deacons at 10 a.m. on May 10 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.
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Legal minds debate whether Obama executive order on abortion will stick

WASHINGTON – One of the biggest questions remaining as implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act begins is whether the executive order on abortion funding signed by President Barack Obama will be effective in stopping any expanded use of taxpayer funds for abortion.
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Survey reveals confusion on resources for pregnant college students

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – According to a survey commissioned by Feminists for Life of America, U.S. college campuses frequently lack the resources for pregnant or parenting students or, if they have them, students are not always aware of their availability.
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Church will act against sex abuse, pope promises victims

VATICAN CITY – Recalling a recent meeting with victims of sex abuse by clergy, Pope Benedict XVI reiterated his promise that the church was doing everything it could to end abuse.
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Minister’s assertions about race, religion continue to draw attention

WASHINGTON – A spate of public appearances by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who until February was pastor of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ, is drawing unprecedented attention to the black church as a whole, in addition to the specific congregation where Sen. Barack Obama is a member.
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Bishop Malooly issues a statement on the passing of Archbishop Borders

April 19, 2010 --- (Wilmington, DE) --- The following is a statement from the Most Rev. W. Francis Malooly, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, on the passing to eternal life of the Most Rev. William D. Borders, retired Archbishop of Baltimore:
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Mercy’s president of 31 years has much to celebrate

She has been the president and principal of Baltimore’s Mercy High School for 31 years, and may have held such a position longer than anyone else in Catholic secondary education. But, Sister Carol Wheeler, R.S.M., somehow retains the creative energy, freshness and vision she had when she came to the newly opened Mercy as a...
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Harford parishioner makes a clean sweep

Growing up as a parishioner of St. Patrick, Havre de Grace, Mary Ann Lisanti learned to have a deep appreciation for the beauty of creation around her.
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Volunteering leads young adults to service careers

Amanda Brown wasn’t planning to make a career out of working with inner-city youths. That was before she began volunteering with the Notre Dame Mission Volunteer Program/Notre Dame AmeriCorps, a public-private initiative that encourages volunteerism among young people.
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