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January 19, 2012

Advocates push Congress to reform volatile food commodity markets

WASHINGTON – Two years ago riots erupted in at least 15 developing countries over the rising cost of basic foods. Frustrated that rapidly rising prices were outstripping their ability to buy much-needed food, angry demonstrators torched vehicles and clashed with police in a series of violent confrontations across Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican official hopes Olympics will promote rights

UNITED NATIONS – A Vatican official said he hoped the 2008 Olympic Games in China would help promote international peace and respect for human rights.
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January 19, 2012

The good son-in-law

Four days after my son-in-law, Rob Susil, re-entered Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he would die of an aggressive sarcoma on Feb. 5, the church marked the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and read the Gospel of Simeon’s prophecy to Mary – that a “sword will pierce through your own soul” (Lk 2:35).
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January 19, 2012

Cards celebrate water polo win

The Calvert Hall College High School, Towson, Cardinals dominated the competition on Oct. 27 during the MIAA water polo championships. No one could touch them, making it seven straight MIAA championship titles since 2001.
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January 19, 2012

Historic snow accumulations put a damper on major events

When Monsignor Robert Hartnett greeted parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for Saturday afternoon Mass Feb. 13, he opened with a bit of humor.
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January 19, 2012

Fundraisers grab imagination and donations

Most people’s eyes glaze and they put a protective hand on their wallet when they hear the word fundraiser.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop says Saints’ win another sign of hope city is rebuilding

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond said the New Orleans Saints’ win in Super Bowl XLIV win was “not just a football victory.”
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January 19, 2012

Surgeons pitch in to transofrm former Catholic school

NEW ORLEANS – Dr. David Knight normally treats his hands with tender loving care because they are the pampered instruments of his livelihood.
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January 19, 2012

Shelter kits provide short-term solution for 35,000 homeless Haitians

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A pregnant Germaine Sylace struggled to get control of the two tarps, a plastic bin of nails and 100 feet of nylon rope. Nothing was going to stop her from making sure her family would be sleeping under something better than a couple of thin bed sheets tied together with string.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic radio hits Frederick County airwaves

After nearly four years of prayer, fundraising and labor, Catholic radio has hit the airwaves in Frederick County. Holy Spirit Communications made its first broadcast on Oct. 13 on FM 89.9 WMTB, the 100-watt radio station of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg.
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January 19, 2012

Food cards are key for homeless quake victims in search of a meal

PETIONVILLE, Haiti – Hundreds of people lined up in the center of Petionville early Feb. 1 as the U.N. food distribution system began making its way into the neighborhoods and suburbs of Port-au-Prince.
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January 19, 2012

Understanding past conflicts helps Catholics, Mennonites

VATICAN CITY – Understanding the roots of past conflicts can help Catholics and Mennonites heal their relationship and move toward a common witness of faith in Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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