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January 19, 2012

Mother Seton Academy celebrates new location

The spirit of cooperation at the newest school location in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was noted by Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden.
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January 19, 2012

Symposium examines identity, role of Catholic higher education

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio – Archbishop J. Michael Miller, secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education, told a symposium on Catholic higher education that he objected to the “bleaching” of Catholic identity and said some Catholic institutions have “ignored, hidden or lost their ecclesial identity.” To change this course, he said schools should adopt ways to...
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January 19, 2012

Church, archdiocese turns attention to deaf

When the Vatican hosts a conference on increasing the role of deaf people in the Catholic Church Nov. 19 to 21, Eileen Colarusso will be watching on from the Archdiocese of Baltimore with great interest.
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January 19, 2012

Calling rangers ‘killers’ is insult

I was angered to read the letter from Patrick J. Clancy (CR, April 19) stating that naming a rosary after the United States Army Rangers is “sacrilegious.” These brave soldiers serve our country with honor.
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January 19, 2012

Child porn charges loom in background of Canadian bishops’ meeting

CORNWALL, Ontario – As Canada’s bishops met for their annual meeting, the knowledge that one of their colleagues had been charged with child pornography loomed in the background.
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January 19, 2012

Review misses out on middle schoolers

I attended the Celebration of the Arts on Monday, and it was truly a wonderful opportunity for the students of our Catholic schools to display their talents. I was very happy to see the Catholic Review devote so much attention to the event.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican invites the sick and suffering to help priests through prayer

VATICAN CITY - The Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry invited the sick and suffering of the world to help the church through prayer and by offering up their suffering during the Year for Priests.
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January 19, 2012

Portland Archdiocese: $75 million settlement

PORTLAND, Ore. – The first Catholic diocesan bankruptcy proceeding in the nation ended April 17 when a federal judge approved a $75 million settlement of clergy sexual abuse claims and a financial reorganization plan for the Portland Archdiocese. Smoothing the way for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Perris, lawyers at the last moment negotiated payment for...
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January 19, 2012

Saints’ biographies paint rich portrait of faith

ROME – The Rite of Canonization Oct. 11 included a brief biography of each of the new saints, read by Archbishop Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and a sung litany of saints. Then Pope Benedict XVI pronounced a formal declaration of canonization. Relics of each saint were brought...
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January 19, 2012

Polish bishops rap rejection

WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s Catholic bishops criticized legislators’ rejection of proposed constitutional amendments that would have protected life from the moment of conception. “Arbitrary parliamentary arithmetic has won the upper hand over each person’s elementary right to life,” said the bishops in a statement April 13. “The church in Poland will go on supporting actions...
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January 19, 2012

Nuns swing hammers, hang wallboard to rebuild homes hit by Katrina

NEW ORLEANS – Dressed in T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase “Volunteer, Make it a Habit,” about 80 nuns from congregations nationwide worked side by side in New Orleans Oct. 5-9, swinging hammers and hanging wallboard in homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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January 19, 2012

China’s one-child policy takes toll on vocations

BEIJING – China’s one-child policy, begun nearly 30 years ago, still provides pastoral challenges and is taking a toll on vocations, said some Chinese church leaders. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Pei Junmin of Liaoning said that, in the past, the diocese used to have 20 young men and women enter the seminary and convent each year,...
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