WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop William C. Skurla of the Byzantine Eparchy of Passaic, N.J., as archbishop of the Byzantine Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.Read More
The plaque on the bottom of the resin statue award could have been easily inscribed “Libby the Worker” in place of “St. Joseph the Worker,” describing the vocation of its recipient, Rosemarie “Libby” Liberatore.Read More
Since I’m incredibly disorganized, I’ll probably never get around to doing it. But if I could chisel my “last sermon” on my tombstone, what I would have printed would be: “Focus on the good. An attitude of gratitude. Trust God.” Those three sentences capture the essence of a happy life.Read More
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has turned down repeated requests from Catholic schools, charitable organizations and bishops to revise its religious exemption to the requirement that all health plans cover contraceptives and sterilization free of charge.Read More
Five former Catholic school buildings in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will gain renewed life as educational facilities after Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien announced Dec. 29 that the archdiocese has signed leases with educational organizations.Read More
Imagine children who have been removed from their home for their own protection. Imagine that these children are abused and frightened. They have physical and psychiatric problems so deep that most care providers with the best of intentions can’t help them.Read More
MILWAUKEE – All smiles, Susan Kaeppeler, fourth-grade teacher at Kenosha’s St. Joseph Academy’s lower campus, was greeted with the red-carpet treatment when she arrived to class Jan. 16 after a whirlwind weekend where she saw her oldest daughter, Laura, crowned Miss America.Read More
WASHINGTON – In actions to fight state efforts to legalize same-sex marriage during 2010, the U.S. bishops reiterated the church’s teaching on the sanctity of marriage, made their Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage a permanent subcommittee and distributed materials explaining the Catholic view of traditional marriage.Read More
From Angelluz Religious Jewelry to Zumu Software and every letter in between, exhibitors at the 104th annual National Catholic Educational Association convention and exposition will display a plethora of Catholic-related products and services April 10-13. For a cleaner school, an attendee might visit the Oreck Vacuum booth; for a sweeter school The Candy Lady; for...Read More
VATICAN CITY – The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a tremendous toll on members of the military and their families, said Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, but military service also has strengthened the faith of many Catholics and even been a source of vocations.Read More
Five years after she received a heart transplant, Xavia Pirozzi, a parishioner of St. Joseph in Fullerton and a student at John Carroll School in Bel Air, is once again facing a fight for her life.Read More