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January 19, 2012

Pope visits place of Jesus’ birth, Bethlehem children’s hospital

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Pope Benedict XVI knelt in prayer at the spot where tradition holds Jesus was born, then went to a Catholic children’s hospital, where he held an infant boy named Elias in his arms.
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January 19, 2012

Mercy project strengthens city, downtown corridor

Its outreach and impact have always been formidable. Now Mercy Medical Center is about to get an edifice just as impressive.
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January 19, 2012

A place for us

“There’s a place for us, somewhere a place for us. Peace and quiet and open air wait for us somewhere.”
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January 19, 2012

Pope condemns anti-Semitism, prays for interreligious harmony

JERUSALEM – Reaching Israel, the country at the heart of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI condemned anti-Semitism and prayed for a new era in which all believers in the one God would live in peace and treat each other with respect and justice.
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January 19, 2012

Church leaders cautiously hopeful over Zimbabwe power-sharing deal

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Church leaders expressed cautious hope over a deal signed by Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai that lays the framework for negotiations aimed at forming a power-sharing government.
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January 19, 2012

Pope announces ‘Year of Faith’ to help renew missionary energy

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI announced a special “Year of Faith” to help Catholics appreciate the gift of faith, deepen their relationship with God and strengthen their commitment to sharing faith with others.
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January 19, 2012

Social justice advocates ask Obama to support torture commission

WASHINGTON – Catholic social justice leaders are calling on President Barack Obama to support the formation of an independent commission to investigate the use of torture by U.S. interrogators on suspected terrorists.
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January 19, 2012

St. Frances Academy dreams of big expansion

Walking along the Johnston Square streets that surround St. Frances Academy in a forgotten corner of East Baltimore, Tom Nealis passed vacant lots overrun with weeds and boarded-up row houses tagged with graffiti.
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January 19, 2012

Teachers hear about importance of urban educators

Robert Simmons knows the challenges of inner city education. As a product of Detroit, the assistant professor of Loyola University Maryland also teaches high school in Southeast Washington.
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January 19, 2012

Intimidated?

The seeds were probably sown centuries ago in a hostile atmosphere for Catholics in the New World. In 1633, as the earliest colonists were about to set sail for “Mary Land”, Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, instructed “his said Governor and Commissioners” that while sailing and upon arrival at their destination “they instruct all...
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January 19, 2012

U.S. church official says Haiti desperately needs political stability

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti desperately needs political stability so that jobs can be created to lift the poor out of a critical situation, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Policy.
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January 19, 2012

CCHD does not endorse candidates

It is important to correct the allegation of letter-writer Jim Devereaux (Scrutinize CCHD grants” (CR, Sept. 8), that a Catholic Campaign for Human Development group, PATH (People Acting Together in Howard), endorses candidates. The truth is that no CCHD-funded group is permitted to do so. PATH has not done so and will not do so.
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