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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Dulles dies at 90; Jesuit theologian made a cardinal in ‘01

WASHINGTON – Cardinal Avery Dulles, a Jesuit theologian who was made a cardinal in 2001, died Dec. 12 at the Jesuit infirmary in New York, Murray-Weigel Hall. A cause of death was not released but he had been in poor health. He was 90 years old.
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January 19, 2012

Communities support two Catholic students battling cancer

The athletic community is rallying around two Catholic high school athletes who are battling cancer.
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January 19, 2012

Clergy shortage, shifting demographics bring need for change in parishes

No one knows the importance of pastoral planning like Monsignor James W. Hannon. As pastor of six parishes in the westernmost corner of the archdiocese and temporary pastor of three others in Cumberland and Mount Savage, the priest depends on the cooperation of clergy and laity alike.
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January 19, 2012

PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS

Calvert Hall College High School, Towson, was a sponsor of Stuff-A-Bus, a Thanksgiving Food Drive coordinated by Mix 106.5 Radio. Food donations were stuffed into an MTA bus and donated to the Maryland Food Bank. Calvert Hall faculty, staff, students and families lent a hand with two Stuff-A-Bus events in Ellicott City and White Marsh...
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January 19, 2012

Carmelite nun takes circuitous path to final vows

Sister Monika Bies, 41, first felt called at 18, “but that sort of came and went,” she said with a laugh.
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January 19, 2012

Sudanese bishops urge rejection of violence as Southern Sudan emerges

JUBA, Southern Sudan – Sudan’s Catholic bishops called upon the people of Sudan and the emerging nation of South Sudan “to embrace a culture of peace and to reject violence” and to respect human life and dignity as both regions prepare for the formal Declaration of Independence of the South July 9.
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January 19, 2012

Bishop says Texas Catholic hospitals performed direct sterilizations

WASHINGTON – The bishop of Tyler, Texas, has concluded that Catholic hospitals in his diocese have violated ethical directives by performing sterilizations.
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January 19, 2012

Pope to visit New York, Washington in April

BALTIMORE – Pope Benedict XVI will visit Washington and New York April 15-20. Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States, confirmed the dates of the papal trip and announced the pope’s itinerary in remarks Nov. 12 at the beginning of the annual fall meeting of the U.S. bishops in Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

High court tosses out challenge to Arizona tuition tax credit program

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court April 4 tossed out a challenge to Arizona’s tuition tax credit program - which directs money to scholarships for students at mostly Catholic nonpublic schools - saying that because no direct state expenditures are involved, taxpayers have no legal basis for suing.
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January 19, 2012

Grandmom coach keeps giving back

Mary D’Ambrogi no longer draws double-takes when she works a sideline at a sports event.
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January 19, 2012

Priest put on leave after stalking TV show host

BOSTON – Father David Ajemian, a Boston Catholic priest arrested on charges of stalking late-night NBC talk-show host Conan O’Brien, has been put on leave by the Boston Archdiocese and “is no longer able to exercise public ministry.”
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January 19, 2012

Bishops’ committee says professor’s book misrepresents Catholic faith

WASHINGTON – In a detailed critique, the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine has concluded that a 2007 book written by Fordham University theology professor Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson “contains misrepresentations, ambiguities and errors” related to the Catholic faith.
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