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January 19, 2012

St. Mary’s Seminary graduates 45 seminarians, lay students

St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore, celebrated the May 10 graduation of 20 men from the seminary and 35 students from its Ecumenical Institute of Theology. Among the seminary’s 20 degree recipients was Rev. Mr. Daniel Goulet, who studied for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He will be ordained to the priesthood on June 23.
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January 19, 2012

Faith leaders hold ‘service of cleansing, healing’ at site of shooting

TUCSON, Ariz. – Gathering at the site of the Jan. 8 mass shooting outside a Tucson Safeway, a group of community faith leaders performed “a service of cleansing and healing” Jan. 20, sprinkling the area with blessed water “to reverence and reclaim the space.”
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January 19, 2012

Spanish prelates say class teaches alternatives to traditional values

MADRID, Spain – Spanish church leaders have said a new government-mandated class teaches alternatives to traditional values.
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January 19, 2012

Anti-smoking campaign earns awards for students at 20 Catholic schools

As 12-year-old St. Bernardine Catholic School, Baltimore, seventh grader Katrina Freeman developed her award-winning Tobacco Use Prevention Contest entry, she prayed her efforts would free her father from his decades-long cigarette habit. Though her mega-watt smile sparkled as she was given a $50 gift certificate May 30 in the parish center at the Cathedral of...
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January 19, 2012

Vatican did not tell bishops to cover up abuse cases, spokesman says

VATICAN CITY – A Vatican official downplayed a 1997 Vatican letter to Irish bishops about handling cases of clerical sex abuse, saying the letter did not tell bishops to keep the cases secret from the police.
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January 19, 2012

Greed helped cause global financial crisis, say two Vatican officials

VATICAN CITY – The global financial crisis has been caused in part by greed and is likely to have grave repercussions on the world’s poor, said two Vatican officials.
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January 19, 2012

Cumberland seniors keep church ‘spotless’

CUMBERLAND – As soon as the last words of the closing prayer were uttered at the end of a recent morning Mass at St. Mary in Cumberland, they descended like an earnest horde of bees. Carrying buckets, feather dusters, cloths, vacuum cleaners and more, a team of seniors ranging in age from 62-92, set to...
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January 19, 2012

Washington Letter: Prospects good for pro-life legislative success, but challenges remain

WASHINGTON – With apologies to Charles Dickens, it is the best of times or the worst of times, the spring of hope or the winter of despair.
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January 19, 2012

Loyola student was a ‘man for others’

The sky turned a mournful grey, and finally black, as evening arrived Sept. 30 in Towson. Thunder cracked and lightning danced ominously.
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Wenski testifies on immigration reform

WASHINGTON – The problem that must be solved by immigration reform “is not the immigrants” but “the broken system,” the former chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration told a House subcommittee. In testimony May 22 before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law, Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of...
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January 19, 2012

Stained-glass windows offer art, education, inspiration, illumination

WINOOSKI, Vt. - Some people have PowerPoint presentations to illustrate their topics; Monsignor Richard G. Lavalley has windows.
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January 19, 2012

Mexican church officials call for change to stop crime, corruption

MEXICO CITY – Catholic Church officials in Mexico have called for changes in public attitudes toward crime and corruption as well as the tactics being employed in the Mexican government’s war on narcotics-trafficking cartels.
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