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City pastors want to help clear the streets of guns

Monsignor Damien Nalepa and Father Peter Lyons are never giving up on Baltimore City and they want everyone else to have that faith as well.

Traditionalist head says Vatican doctrinal statement needs changes

VATICAN CITY – The head of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X said a “doctrinal preamble” presented by the Vatican needs changes before it can be accepted as the basis for the group’s reconciliation.

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Parishes welcome new English translation of Roman Missal

Father Matthew T. Buening looked out on his congregation Nov. 27 as he was concluding Mass at St. Paul in Ellicott City and spoke words he has offered throughout his priesthood.

Meet Sister Sarah

Sister Sarah works in her classroom. (Photo by Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com) Sister Sarah Heger cut through a tray of raw chicken with a knife and let her fifth-grade class of girls squirm for only a second. A science exam loomed, and the petite nun didn’t waste time preparing them. She wrangled the meat...

The Pope doesn’t wear a seatbelt?

That’s what a German man is alleging in charges filed in his home country after Pope Benedict XVI’s visit there earlier this year. The man alleges that the pontiff was captured via media several times not wearing a seatbelt. I don’t know why, but I never thought the Popemobile had the need for seatbelts. Of...

Father Michael DeAscanis talks about transitions, Latin Mass

One of the really interesting conversations I had during the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis was with Father Michael DeAscanis, pastor of St. Agnes parish in Catsonsville and St. William of York in West Baltimore. We talked for a story I did on the transition to the new translation of the Roman Missal, but...

Death penalty opponents praise Oregon governor for declaring moratorium

PORTLAND, Ore. – Catholic and other opponents of the death penalty praised Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber for placing a moratorium on the use of the death penalty for the rest of his term.

Collection for Retirement Fund for Religious is Dec. 10-11

The 24th annual collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious will be taken Dec. 10-11 in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Sponsored by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) in Washington, D.C., the appeal asks Catholics to help support more than 34,000 women and men religious past age 70.

Addressing U.S. bishops, pope defends church efforts on sex abuse

VATICAN CITY – In a speech to U.S. bishops, Pope Benedict XVI defended the church’s “honest efforts” to confront the priestly sex abuse scandal with transparency, and said its actions could help the rest of society respond to the problem.

November 27, 2011

The missal translation begins… my thoughts

Father Matt Buening looked out on his congregation Nov. 27 as he was concluding Mass at St. Paul’s in Ellicott City and offered something he has done throughout his young priesthood. “The Lord be with you,” he said. What came next probably happened all across the country this weekend. One half responded “And also with...

November 26, 2011

We’re all brides in the Church

I recently heard Mark Hart speak at the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) talk about the importance of prayer for my job at The Catholic Review. I was really impressed with Hart, the executive vice presidentn of Life Teen, and his theological insights. In this link, Hart examines the relationship of church and Christ and...

November 23, 2011

Pope expresses concern over Africa’s illiteracy, educational crisis

VATICAN CITY – In his document on the church in Africa, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the educational crisis on the continent, calling high illiteracy rates “a scourge on par with that of pandemics.”