A funeral Mass for Sister Roberta Sobus, Daughter of Charity, was offered July 2 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Roberta died June 27 at Villa St. Michael in Emmitsburg, where she spent the last 11 years in prayer ministry. She was 88 and had been...Read More
WASHINGTON – Saying that the church’s social mission can ease the suffering of the poor and voiceless, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops pledged the full support of the U.S. bishops to the hundreds of people working in social ministry across the country.Read More
VATICAN CITY – A pair of recent miscues at the Vatican has prompted questions about how papal decisions are made and criticism of the apparent lack of consultation inside the Roman Curia.Read More
WASHINGTON – Before April 16, 2007, Marian Hammaren of Westtown, N.Y., thought she knew what she’d been put on the earth to do: to be Caitlin’s mother, to guide and protect her.Read More
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Former first lady Betty Ford, who died at age 93 July 8, was remembered for her openness about her struggle with breast cancer and her addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol.Read More
Most moms cry when their child walks across stage to receive a diploma, yet Kim Guy’s tears spilled for the fact that her eighth-grade son was walking at all.Read More
FULLERTON – As parish council president of St. Isaac Jogues in Carney, Tom Dauses constantly contemplates ways his faith community can thrive in the 21st century. Surrounded by archdiocesan parish leaders July 5 and 6 at St. Joseph in Fullerton, he was not alone in pondering the future.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien delivered sobering statistics of declining enrollment in Catholic schools Feb. 10 and 12 during consultation meetings with parish priests, school principals and administrators at St. John the Evangelist in Columbia.Read More
Joseph Kaminski is only a few days away from turning 100, but he has no plans of giving up his day job. Just as he has for the last 28 years, the longtime parishioner of the Church of the Annunciation in Rosedale will continue working four hours every weekday as a bindery technician with the...Read More