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January 19, 2012

Hispanic Ministry Conference educates leaders

Some 150 clerics and lay people from several dioceses in the Mid-Atlantic states traveled to the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center in Columbia Oct. 10 to learn how to better serve their growing Latino congregations and to effectively unite the English and Spanish-speaking communities.
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January 19, 2012

Summer Thoughts

With this, my last column prior to a bit of a summer hiatus, I thought I would use the occasion to tie up some loose ends by commenting on a number of topics that have been on my “to-do” list for some time.
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January 19, 2012

Pope, German chancellor discuss Holocaust-denying bishop

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to each other on the telephone about the recent controversy surrounding a traditionalist bishop who has denied the Holocaust.
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January 19, 2012

Deterrence efforts at Arizona-Mexico border rise

After an immigration reform bill stalled in Congress in June, experts predict that it may take another two years before any meaningful attempts at fixing the situation will see the light of day.
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January 19, 2012

A mom with two kids now more likely to be counted among the homeless

WASHINGTON – Out of work and living in a shelter, Jasmine, a single mother, has one thing on her mind: reuniting her family.
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January 19, 2012

Spokesman: News that founder fathered child causes Legionaries pain

ROME – The Legionaries of Christ only recently found out that their founder had fathered a child, knowledge that has caused the members great suffering, but has not destroyed the gratitude they owe him, said a spokesman for the religious order.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican newspaper’s survival depends on its revival

VATICAN CITY – The recent change at the helm of the Vatican newspaper marks an effort to revive a publication that has gone from glory days to malaise.
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January 19, 2012

Below the surface, we are all one

As I drove to Mercy Medical Center to see Dr. Sabundayo (who wins my Albert Schweitzer award for kindness), I thought of Uncle Lionel. Actually, he wasn’t my uncle, but his last name was spelled the same as mine!
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January 19, 2012

Pope says fasting in Lent opens hearts to God, hands to the poor

VATICAN CITY – Fasting from food and detaching oneself from material goods during Lent help believers open their hearts to God and open their hands to the poor, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese welcomes new archbishop

A joyous crowd of about 2,000 people filled the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Oct. 1 to celebrate the installation of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien as the 15th archbishop of Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Faith groups support first Frederick fair for the poor

From haircuts to new shoes to funds for electricity and rent, the poor of Frederick County received comfort and support June 18 as they participated in Convoy of Hope at the Frederick County Fairgrounds.
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January 19, 2012

Southern African bishops buy food, medicine for suffering Zimbabweans

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The Catholic bishops of Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland have used diocesan funds to buy food and medicine for Zimbabweans and urged Catholics in their countries to help provide immediate relief to their suffering neighbors.
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