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January 19, 2012

Annual audit shows decline in sexual abuse reports

WASHINGTON – Reported cases of child sexual abuse in U.S. dioceses and religious institutes declined between the 2008 and 2009 audits to evaluate how church institutions are complying with the U.S. bishops’ 2002 “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.”
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January 19, 2012

President of El Salvador receives 2008 Path to Peace Award at U.N.

UNITED NATIONS – Archbishop Celestino Migliore, apostolic nuncio to the United Nations and president of the Path to Peace Foundation, presented the 2008 Path to Peace Award to President Elias Antonio Saca Gonzalez of El Salvador June 10.
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January 19, 2012

Priesthood: Children’s book presents it as vocation for ‘normal guys’

VATICAN CITY – At the Vatican, the Year for Priests is being marked with serious academic conferences and solemn liturgies, leading up to a huge gathering of priests from around the world in June.
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January 19, 2012

Father rebuilds relationship with daughter through Christopher Place

Ahmed Childs sat in the upper level of Catholic Charities’ Our Daily Bread Employment Center looking like a content man.
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Brady apologizes for role in Irish clergy abuse crisis

DUBLIN, Ireland – Cardinal Sean Brady of Armagh, Northern Ireland, apologized during a St. Patrick Day homily for his role in the case of a priest accused of sexual abuse.
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January 19, 2012

Jesuit urges U.N. to improve international protection of workers

GENEVA – A Mexican Jesuit has urged the U.N. Human Rights Council to improve international protection for Mexican workers affected by transnational corporations working in Mexico.
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January 19, 2012

Keeping Mum: Preserving the past while still uncovering its mysteries

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Museums had a rare opportunity to unravel some of the secrets inside a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy.
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Kasper gives upbeat report on meetings with Russian Orthodox

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s top ecumenist gave an upbeat report on his recent meetings with leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church, saying historic tensions have been replaced by an eagerness to cooperate.
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January 19, 2012

An Inter-Church Spiritual and Lenten Pilgrimage

Lent is a time of spiritual pilgrimage. Our readings during Sunday Liturgy reveal that Jesus is always moving to the people or with the people. We find Jesus deep in prayer in the desert, moving among angels as he combats the devil in his tricky sneaky ways.
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January 19, 2012

Marriage … the beginning of the end?

Each year at the conclusion of the Maryland General Assembly’s 90-day session, a list of the session’s “best-sellers” – the bills most inquired about by the general public – is published by the Legislative Services Department. This session’s best-sellers include two measures which add a new term to our health and tax laws: “domestic partners.”...
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January 19, 2012

Different laws on same-sex marriage bring different church responses

WASHINGTON (CNS) – When San Francisco passed an ordinance more than 13 years ago requiring agencies that contract with the city to provide spousal benefits to employees' domestic partners, then-Archbishop William J. Levada asked for a religious exemption, arguing that it imposed "an unconstitutional condition" on religiously affiliated organizations such as Catholic Charities.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican completes restoration of mausoleum under St. Peter’s

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has completed the restoration of the largest and most luxurious mausoleum in the vast necropolis under St. Peter’s Basilica.
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