WASHINGTON – Despite the massive profits available to oil-rich African countries, which have had an estimated $1 trillion in export revenues over the past 40 years, they are no better off than African nations that do not have petroleum to export. The problem of persistent poverty in nations where multinational companies extract natural resources is...Read More

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WASHINGTON – Across the street from the Capitol Hill hotel where the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering was being conducted, a group of Koreans was protesting an impending free-trade deal with South Korea. The protest was complete with chanting and drums. Inside the hotel, Oblate Father Andrew Small, a policy adviser for the U.S. bishops...Read More

CAMBRIDGE – If anyone has experienced sheer terror, it’s Kirk Bloodsworth. Tried and found guilty of the brutal rape and murder of a 9-year-old Rosedale girl, the barrel-chested crabber from the Eastern Shore was sentenced to die in the gas chamber for his horrific crimes. But Mr. Bloodsworth didn’t have anything to do with what...Read More

SYDNEY, Australia – The head of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council has reiterated calls for the release of an Australian imprisoned at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome, the justice council head, joined the increasing criticism of the Australian government’s efforts on behalf of David Hicks, a...Read More

A series of Lenten radio retreats is being offered to radio stations by the U.S. Bishop’s Catholic Communication Campaign in association with Franciscan Radio. The programs will also be streamed on the Internet for online listening and available in downloadable formats for saving and sharing.Read More

It was clear early on that no one was going to catch the defending champions from McDonogh School, Owings Mills, but it was nip and tuck throughout the two-day Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association’s 2006-2007 Wrestling Tournament Feb. 9-10 to see who was going to place second.Read More

SYDNEY, Australia – An Australian parish priest has been looking for the crest of an American destroyer to display in a church honoring the friendship between Americans and Australians. Father Paul Hilder of Regina Coeli Memorial Church in the Sydney suburb of Beverly Hills would like to add the crest of the USS Patterson to...Read More