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January 19, 2012

Bishops speak out against Gansler’s same-sex opinion

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was joined by Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl and Wilmington Bishop W. Francis Malooly in voicing “strong exception” to Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler’s Feb. 24 written opinion that the state may recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
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January 19, 2012

Decision on bishop photos could take months

WASHINGTON – It could be months before a New Mexico District Court judge rules on the request of an Albuquerque television station to obtain photos of injured Gallup Bishop Donald E. Pelotte taken by police investigating the possibility that he was assaulted, according to the diocesan attorney.
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January 19, 2012

Haig, a Catholic who served as U.S. secretary of state, dies at age 85

Alexander M. Haig Jr., former U.S. secretary of state and retired four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents, died Feb. 20 of complications from an infection. He was 85.
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January 19, 2012

Novak explains his Catholic conversion in new book

WASHINGTON – Syndicated columnist Robert Novak has made a living writing articles containing information from his carefully cultivated sources, and when he first became interested in Catholicism, it was, coincidentally, a former source who aided him in his conversion. His story about a source turned priest who baptized him, as well as many other stories...
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January 19, 2012

Boonsboro freshman is off to fast start

Fearless. That’s the word Shawn Cutsail uses to describe 14-year-old Sarah Zielinski’s approach to every race she enters.
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January 19, 2012

Adultery claims against archbishop remain unproven

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A man who has charged Zimbabwean Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo with adultery has not substantiated his allegations, said the archbishop’s lawyer.
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January 19, 2012

Couples share strengths of lasting marriages

For some men, it’s a woman’s smile, her eyes or a sweet disposition.
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January 19, 2012

Bishops concerned by government proposal for med students

VILNIUS, Lithuania – Lithuania’s bishops said they are “gravely concerned” over a Ministry of Health draft document that would oblige would-be obstetricians and gynecologists to learn how to perform abortions up to 22 weeks of pregnancy, sterilization and in vitro fertilization procedures.
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January 19, 2012

At Olympic venues, chaplains prepare to serve faiths – and see events

VANCOUVER, British Columbia –- During the 2010 Winter Olympics, most ski runs on the Whistler Blackcomb venue will remain open, and Monsignor Jerry Desmond from Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church in Whistler plans to take advantage of the opportunity.
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January 19, 2012

Orioles’ staffer ends 47-year-home-game streak

Witnessing the induction of former Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr. into the Baseball Hall of Fame July 29 was a heady experience for St. Ignatius, Hickory, parishioner Ernie Tyler. While attending the Cooperstown, N.Y., festivities caused the 83-year-old to end a baseball era of his own – Mr. Tyler missed his first home game as...
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January 19, 2012

Catholic leaders outline steps they say are key for Haitian adoptions

WASHINGTON – The heads of five Catholic agencies that work with Haitian earthquake victims have outlined steps they say the U.S. government should take to protect children left alone after the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic Charities hires priest to work on racial equality, diversity

WASHINGTON – Precious Blood Father Clarence Williams has been chosen as Catholic Charities USA’s new director of racial equality and diversity initiatives. Father Williams, director of black Catholic ministries in the Archdiocese of Detroit for the last 12 years, starts the new job Sept. 1. A consultant to Catholic Charities for about nine years, Father...
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