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January 19, 2012

Catholic Relief Services reflects on six-month anniversary of Haiti earthquake

Six months ago the earth shook in Haiti for 35 seconds. Thirty five seconds that ended so many lives and changed many more. Let me share with you a story that is very typical of life in Haiti over the last six months.
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January 19, 2012

Baltimore County jury convicts man in fetal homicide case

A Maryland Catholic Conference official says justice was served when a Hillendale man was convicted March 26 of murdering his unborn daughter – the first conviction in the state’s 2.5-year-old fetal homicide law.
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January 19, 2012

Poland’s new Catholic president gets mixed reviews from bishops

WARSAW, Poland – Polish bishops have given a mixed reception to their country’s new president, Bronislaw Komorowski, a 58-year-old Catholic father of five and former seminary history teacher.
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January 19, 2012

The Ignatian possibility today

In the early 1990s, I was given lunch at the Roman headquarters of the Society of Jesus by two very – no, make that extremely – high-ranking Jesuits. The table-talk turned to a fascinating question: Are there permanent religious charisms in the church? Most religious congregations die within a century of their founding; our Lord...
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January 19, 2012

Pope confirms resignation of German bishop, urges reconciliation

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged reconciliation within the German church leadership after meeting with Bishop Walter Mixa of Augsburg, who recently resigned amid accusations of financial irregularities and hitting children.
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January 19, 2012

Planning papal visit tough but rewarding job

NEW YORK – Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to New York, with all of its special events, needs to run as efficiently as the helicopter that carries him from John F. Kennedy International Airport into Manhattan.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican defends work of missionary body in face of Italian scandal

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican defended the wide-ranging work throughout the world of its missionary arm, which has come under scrutiny in an Italian investigation into a public works corruption scandal.
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January 19, 2012

Council of Europe report calls for legalization of abortions

LONDON – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called for an end to all restrictions on abortions in every country in Europe.
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January 19, 2012

Trust in One who is always there

When I had finished speaking at a Communion Breakfast recently, a woman came up to me and said, “Father. Joe, I have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. My doctor gave me three weeks to live!” She paused and then added,: “It’s been six years since that diagnosis and I’m still alive!”
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January 19, 2012

The work of the papacy today

From the very beginning, when Jesus chose St. Peter and declared him to be the “rock” upon which he would build his Church, the pope has had a unique role in teaching, sanctifying and governing the Christian faithful. This has taken many different forms over the centuries and has developed into the practice we have...
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January 19, 2012

Vatican urges measures to lessen number of maternal deaths

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has urged the international community to implement social and health care measures to reduce what it called the “shocking” number of maternal deaths around the world.
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January 19, 2012

In U.S. pope will find multicultural church marked by stronger laity

WASHINGTON – What kind of Catholic Church will Pope Benedict XVI find when he arrives in the United States in April? How similar or different will it be from the U.S. church community that greeted Pope John Paul II on his first papal visit in 1979 or his last trip to the U.S. in 1999?
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