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January 19, 2012

Limited child protection audits find compliance

WASHINGTON – Twenty-seven of 29 Catholic dioceses and eparchies audited in 2006 complied with the church's national standards for child protection programs and the prevention of and response to sexual abuse, says a report released April 11. However, four dioceses that were not found in compliance in 2005 refused to participate in the 2006 audit.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican media welcome Obama’s speech in Cairo as step toward peace

VATICAN CITY – U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo, Egypt, was welcomed by Vatican media as a step toward peace and a new beginning in American relations with Muslims.
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January 19, 2012

St. Lucy

St. Lucy of Syracuse was born in Sicily circa 283. She promised to live her life for Christ, but Lucy’s mother arranged her marriage. After Lucy prayed at St. Agatha’s tomb and her mother’s illness was cured, Lucy’s mother agreed that Lucy did not have to marry. However, Lucy’s would-be groom told the governor that...
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January 19, 2012

Middle River’s Dingle notches 53 K’s

It’s been a cold start to the spring sports season, making it challenging at times for coaches to get the best performances from their athletes.
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January 19, 2012

Father Breighner highlights good people

I have read and re-read Father Breighner’s heart warming article (CR, May 21), “Focus On The Good In Life, Not The Evil.” It was a well-written story about two women who did nothing but good for others.
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January 19, 2012

Time in Afghanistan made deacon grateful for country, religious freedom

HARLINGEN, Texas – When Deacon Catarino Villanueva arrived on Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, in 2005 for a yearlong deployment with the National Guard, he immediately looked for opportunities to practice his Catholic faith.
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January 19, 2012

Priest’s decision to be an Episcopalian said to harm church relations

MIAMI – Archbishop John C. Favalora of Miami expressed disappointment May 28 at both Father Alberto Cutie's decision to join the Episcopal Church and the public way he was received into his new church.
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January 19, 2012

Bishop Blaire calls for good stewardship to protect God’s gift of air

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The gift of clean air provided by God to humanity deserves to be protected through strong environmental stewardship by making changes in daily life so that fewer pollutants enter the atmosphere, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice Human Development.
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January 19, 2012

Blue Mass honors police, firefighters

The Sunday morning quiet on Cathedral Street was disrupted May 24, when a Baltimore City Fire Department hook and ladder truck pulled in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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January 19, 2012

Latin America’s indigenous demand voice in use of their lands

LIMA, Peru – Most of the environmental battles Brother Paul McAuley fights seem endless, mainly conflicts between indigenous communities and loggers operating on their lands or oil companies that have spilled toxic substances into their waterways.
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January 19, 2012

Only 48 Gazans attended papal Mass, say Holy Land church officials

JERUSALEM – Only 48 residents of the Gaza Strip – about half as many as originally reported – were able to attend the May 13 papal Mass in Bethlehem, West Bank, said Archbishop Antonio Franco, Vatican nuncio to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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January 19, 2012

New program nurtures priest leadership skills

Two years into his pastorate, Father Dale Picarella realized he wanted to improve his management and leadership skills for the good of St. Philip Neri in Linthicum.
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