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January 19, 2012

Australian bishops question plan to return ethnic Hazara to Afghanistan

PERTH, Australia – The same day that up to 50 asylum seekers drowned off the coast of Australia, the nation’s Catholic bishops questioned the planned repatriation of more than 300 ethnic Hazara asylum seekers to Afghanistan.
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January 19, 2012

Sudanese refugee counts blessings

Renounce your Catholic faith, his boss said, and convert to Muslim. James Okeny refused, and lost his job as a result.
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January 19, 2012

Episcopal bishop is expected to become Catholic

Saying that“an effective leader cannot be so conflicted about the guiding principles of the church he serves, the Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of the Rio Grande announced in a Sept. 21 letter that he intended to ask his fellow bishops for permission to resign
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January 19, 2012

Border-to-be grows tense as Southern Sudan’s independence vote nears

MALAKAL, Southern Sudan – As January’s referendum on independence for Southern Sudan approaches, tensions are running high in communities along what many expect will become a new international border with northern Sudan.
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January 19, 2012

We’ll get through it; but glad when it’s over

Both of these things can be said, at the same time, about most current news, not only the November election, but also the hurricane season, and the baseball season. The best feature, at this writing, about all three is that they will end, unlike the tragic wars in the Middle East, which do threaten to...
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January 19, 2012

Iraqi refugees see good future in Detroit Archdiocese

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – Astefan Zrow Yousef was scared for his family. He was scared of the persecution they endured because of their Chaldean Catholic faith. He was scared they would be forced to abandon their faith. And he was scared they would be killed for trying to escape from their life in Iraq. For...
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Hubbard joins evangelical leader in call to ratify new nuke pact

WASHINGTON – For the second time in a week, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace called upon the U.S. Senate to ratify the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
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January 19, 2012

St. John the Evangelist earns Blue Ribbon status

Sister Linda Larsen, S.S.J., sat in her office Sept. 8 and felt like dancing.
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January 19, 2012

MCC statement on marriage decision

On September 18, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled on Conaway v. Deane, the lawsuit by homosexual couples for the right to marry in Maryland. The law suit said that the state’s law defining marriage as between one man and one woman is unconstitutional. However, the Court of Appeals overturned the lower court’s decision (which...
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January 19, 2012

Cristo Rey students learn of forgiveness, legacy of Len Bias from mother of late basketball star

A poster hangs inside the office of athletic director Tony Cole at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Fells Point.
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January 19, 2012

Man who died trying to rescue son recalled as devoted father, friend

ARLINGTON, Va. – A Virginia man who died while trying to rescue his son after he had fallen into a septic tank was remembered by friends and family as a loyal friend, volunteer and above all a devoted father and husband.
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January 19, 2012

Strong spiritual life helps keep priests from burnout

ROME – A strong spiritual life supported by reading and reflecting on sacred Scripture can help protect priests from the emotional exhaustion of burnout, said an influential Jesuit journal. In a Sept. 15 article released to journalists Sept. 13, La Civilta Cattolica summarized the results of a recent survey on the presence and causes of...
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