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January 19, 2012

Bishop rejects claim that Northern Ireland’s Catholic schools divisive

DUBLIN – A bishop in Northern Ireland has rejected a claim that Catholic schools represent a “benign form of apartheid.”
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January 19, 2012

Youths need to limit computer use, keep moving

During the 1980s, computers weren’t for the cool kids.
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January 19, 2012

Priests, seminarians to kick off soccer championship

ROME – Students at Pontifical North American College are among those competing in the first Clericus Cup, a soccer championship exclusively for priests and seminarians in Rome. Seminaries and pontifical universities have fielded 16 teams for the championship series, with 311 players coming from approximately 50 countries. The series is to open Feb. 24 when...
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January 19, 2012

Updated: CEO denies health reform prompted possible sale of Catholic hospitals

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The head of a Catholic health system has denied reports that the decision to put three hospitals in northeastern Pennsylvania up for sale was a result of the health care reform bill passed in March.
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January 19, 2012

Parishes in Minnesota, Nicaragua share long-distance bond

JINOTEGA, Nicaragua – Many people know her simply as “the tortilla lady.”
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January 19, 2012

Pray for politicians’ courage

An Irish Catholic governor (CR, Feb. 8), a Polish Catholic U.S. senator, an Italian Catholic Speaker of the U.S. House . . . all Catholic educated, and all pro-abortion. To be sure, Catholic education emphasizes social conscientiousness. Even in the 1950s at Ss. Philip and James, we knew what it meant to be socially responsible....
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January 19, 2012

Baltimorean among five pleading not guilty to charges from anti-nuclear weapons protest

WASHINGTON – Five longtime peace activists pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a series of federal charges stemming from an All Souls’ Day demonstration last year at a U.S. Navy nuclear weapons storage depot in Bangor, Wash.
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January 19, 2012

Court asked to throw out resolution criticizing church adoption stand

SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution harshly critical of official Catholic teaching on adoption by same-sex couples crosses the constitutional line between church and state and should be thrown out as unlawful, an attorney for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights told a federal appeals court panel.
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January 19, 2012

Death penalty foes hail Tennessee governor’s moratorium

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Death penalty opponents in Tennessee are applauding Gov. Phil Bredesen’s decision to temporarily halt state executions to study the state’s protocol for carrying out death sentences, but they say it “doesn’t go nearly far enough.” Alex Wiesendanger, associate director of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing, called the move “a great...
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January 19, 2012

Iran’s president asks pope to join efforts against intolerance

VATICAN CITY – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Pope Benedict XVI that he would like to work more closely with the Vatican in an effort to stop religious intolerance and the breakup of families.
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January 19, 2012

Churches in Spain experiment with staying open 24/7

VALENCIA, Spain – In 2002, Carlo Ravasio trekked more than 2,000 miles from Moscow to Valencia, stopping by churches along the way to pray for the unity of Christians.
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January 19, 2012

A 3-2 Maryvale win deflates five-time defending champion IND

Before the start of the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland indoor soccer championship game Feb. 9, Maryvale Preparatory School, Brooklandville, athletic director, Terri Moeser walked into the Clarence Du Burns Arena, Canton, carrying the IAAM B Conference Traveling Championship Bowl secured last season. When he left, the athletic director was carrying the Traveling Championship Bowl...
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