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January 19, 2012

Death, resurrection of Jesus a defining moment

Early this month, I joined more than 30 bishops from the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast on a five day spiritual retreat at Our Lady of Florida Passionist Retreat House in North Palm Beach.
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January 19, 2012

Brazil church agency joins NGO in new campaign to end slave labor

SAO PAULO – Ten years ago, workers escaping brutal working conditions in Brazil’s Amazon region had only one place they could turn to for help: the Pastoral Land Commission of the Brazilian bishops’ conference.
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January 19, 2012

Ash Wednesday draws large number of Catholics

Though weekday Mass is not a typical part of Mary Anne Perry Zenger’s schedule, the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, parishioner will attend the Feb. 6 Ash Wednesday service at her church in order to receive ashes and inaugurate the season of Lent.
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January 19, 2012

Despite fears, Hispanics and Latinos march

While Baltimore City immigrants are living in fear of violence and persecution, they are united for change.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic Charities urges dialogue on racism, poverty

DETROIT – At an annual Mass celebrating the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Catholic Charities USA unveiled a plan to spark a national conversation about racism and poverty.
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January 19, 2012

Hispanics, Latinos are living in fear, pastor says

Immigrant parishioners are living in fear of violence and persecution, Redemptorist Father Robert Wojtek believes.
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January 19, 2012

Governor cuts textbook/technology funding by $400,000

ANNAPOLIS – Catholic school leaders are decrying Gov. Martin J. O’Malley’s decision to cut $400,000 from a state program providing nonreligious textbooks and technology to nonpublic school students.
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January 19, 2012

Pope calls for greater tolerance as Gypsies are deported from France

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – As France continues its campaign to repatriate foreign-born Gypsies, Pope Benedict XVI called for greater acceptance of cultural differences and urged parents to teach their children tolerance.
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January 19, 2012

Detroit Tigers slugger announces scholarship plan

DETROIT – To the cheers of hundreds of kids involved in Little League baseball, Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez announced Jan. 13 a new scholarship to help young people from southwest Detroit go to college.
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January 19, 2012

Plastic surgeon uses teleconferencing to treat military patients in Texas

These days the physical wounds of war are inflicted not so much by bullets as by explosives, especially the improvised explosive device (IED), the “roadside bomb,” which is used with such terrible effect by the Taliban in Afghanistan and insurgents in Iraq. As a result of this new kind of guerilla-style warfare, U.S. military combat...
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January 19, 2012

Home-schooled students find academic, social success

VIENNA, Va. – Bridget Whelpley, 9, looked up from reading the morning news at the breakfast table. She caught up on current affairs as she waited for her siblings to finish eating.
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January 19, 2012

Lourdes shrine briefly evacuated in response to bomb threat

LOURDES, France – The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, including its chapels and grottos, was evacuated for several hours Aug. 15 following a bomb threat that turned out to be false.
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