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January 19, 2012

St. Anthony grad recounts Catholic school upbringing

On Ann Hennessy’s first day of school at St. Anthony of Padua in Baltimore during the Great Depression, the young girl knew she had better be good or her parents would suffer otherworldly consequences. The pastor had given a rabble-rousing homily a few weeks earlier warning that the flames of hell awaited parents who did...
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January 19, 2012

Year for Priests event draws requests from Catholics seeking change

ROME – As thousands of priests arrived in Rome for events marking the end of the Year for Priests, two other groups of Catholics arrived with some very specific requests.
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January 19, 2012

Despite Catholic opposition, Mexico City passes abortion bill

MEXICO CITY – Despite an intense opposition campaign by the Catholic Church, the Mexico City Assembly has approved an initiative legalizing abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Following a heated session April 24, the legislature voted in favor of the new law, which will allow hospitals run by the city government to provide...
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January 19, 2012

Monsanto’s 475-ton seed donation challenged by Haitian peasants

WASHINGTON - Advocates for Haitian peasants said a U.S.-based company’s donation of up to 475 tons of hybrid vegetable seeds to aid Haitian farmers will harm the island-nation’s agriculture.
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January 19, 2012

Pastor says ‘words are not enough’

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Words are not enough to comfort grieving parents, said a priest who spent time with the parents of several of the slain Virginia Tech students when they first learned their son or daughter was dead. In the early hours after the murder rampage on campus that left 33 dead, Father James Arsenault,...
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January 19, 2012

Vatican supreme court upholds closing of 10 Boston parishes

WASHINGTON – The Vatican supreme court has denied the appeals of parishioners trying to save 10 parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston from closing, according to a spokesman for a group fighting the closures.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic immigration advocates head to Hill

WASHINGTON – A workable comprehensive immigration reform bill on the table, more sympathetic leadership in Congress and a “this year or maybe never” incentive are prodding immigration advocates to action. After a day and a half of briefings and strategizing with advocates who work on immigration every day, activists from more than 66 dioceses took...
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January 19, 2012

Justice attorney backs Vatican’s claim of immunity from abuse lawsuit

WASHINGTON – In one of two cases that seek to draw the Holy See into U.S. courts over liability for sexual abuse by priests, the Obama administration’s solicitor general said lower courts were wrong to conclude both that an abuser was acting within “the scope of his employment” and also that as his “employer,” the...
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January 19, 2012

Fundraiser to be culturally diverse event

The St. Matthew, Northwood, Immigration Center is holding a fundraiser April 23 at Gertrude’s Restaurant at the Baltimore Museum of Art in Charles Village called “Savor the World,” and it will celebrate a menagerie of cultures.
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January 19, 2012

Back to the future? Reform may return Catholic health care to its roots

WASHINGTON – Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will undoubtedly have profound consequences for the nation’s hospitals and physicians, its exact effects remain unclear – and dependent on rules still to be written.
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January 19, 2012

Time to Time: Events lead up to Holy Week

Among the many ways of communicating the good news of the Gospel is radio. A radio Mass brings the Gospel into many homes in the Baltimore area every Sunday. On March 18 I had the privilege of celebrating a radio Mass and preaching at St. Ignatius Church. The pastor, Father James Casciotti, S.J., welcomed me...
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January 19, 2012

Catholic funeral said for groundbreaking singer-actress Lena Horne

NEW YORK – Lena Horne, the groundbreaking African-American singer-actress, received a Catholic funeral May 14 at a church on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
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