COLOGNE, Germany – A priest of the German-speaking Catholic community in Washington has been recalled to Germany after accusations that, while he lived in Germany, he had sex with young women in his pastoral care.Read More
St. Eulalia of Merida was born circa 290. This consecrated virgin wanted to be a martyr. During the persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian, Eulalia confessed her faith. She was tortured and burned alive for her faith circa 304. St. Eulalia is patron saint of torture victims and Merida, Spain.Read More
VALLETTA, Malta – In an unexpected display of honesty and frankness, five young Maltese men and women spoke to Pope Benedict XVI about their hopes, doubts and fears as well as the contradictions they sense within the Catholic Church.Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland - Irish religious congregations have offered an additional 348 million euros ($470 million) to compensate victims of abuse in church-run industrial schools over a 40-year period.Read More
Three years ago, Karen Murphy started to see a rise in bullying – particularly on the Internet – among students at Resurrection-St. Paul School in Ellicott City.Read More
APATZINGAN, Mexico - Father Javier Cortes vividly recalls being approached recently with an unusual request by a group of teenagers in this agricultural town 300 miles west of Mexico City.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Christians are called to a nonviolent struggle for peace and justice, including the civil disobedience of laws that are morally wrong, such as abortion, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
Being a priest can admittedly be demanding for Father Michael S. Triplett. With a declining number of clergymen, ministerial schedules can be tight for the associate pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City – just as they are for priests throughout the archdiocese.Read More
ROME – Four victims of clergy sex abuse came from the United States to Rome to call on the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI to “break down the walls of secrecy” and to seek harsher, universal measures in dealing with clergy accused of the sexual abuse of minors.Read More
WASHINGTON – While much of Washington focused on health care legislation, the annual release of the State Department’s country reports on human rights practices was largely out of the limelight this year, though the massive electronic document – more than 2 million words – helps shape U.S. policy approaches to the world.Read More
Despite enormous eight-foot mounds of snow that still lined Baltimore’s streets two weeks after the February blizzard, hundreds of homeless people found their way to St. Vincent de Paul Feb. 19.Read More