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January 19, 2012

Bishops overwhelmingly approve politics document

BALTIMORE – In what several bishops called “a watershed moment” for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the full body of bishops overwhelmingly approved a document intended to help Catholic voters form their consciences on a variety of issues before the 2008 elections.
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January 19, 2012

Judges rule in favor of pro-life supporters

Federal courts have made two recent rulings in favor of pro-life supporters. United States District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett ruled July 12 in Baltimore that local police violated the constitutional rights of seven pro-life demonstrators who held graphic signs along a Maryland highway as part of a “Face the Truth” display in 2008.
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January 19, 2012

Since ‘94, Africa has seen tremendous changes, but some issues remain

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The African continent and the Catholic Church there have undergone tremendous changes since the 1994 Synod of Bishops on Africa, yet poverty, justice and reconciliation remain major issues for this October’s synod.
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January 19, 2012

Murdered daughter’s mother says death penalty must go

When police arrested the serial rapist who brutally assaulted and murdered Shannon Schieber in 1998, the Schieber family faced unrelenting pressure to seek the death penalty.
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January 19, 2012

Guest column: Catholic singles for Our Savior

My thanks to Sharon Dougherty, a parishioner of St. Gabriel in Woodlawn and facilitator of its young adult group, Spirit of Truth Young Adult Ministry, for writing about the vocation to Catholic single life, often an untapped resource of valuable gifts and charisms for the parish and archdiocese in building the kingdom of God.
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January 19, 2012

Redemptorists lose money in Madoff

The Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province lost money after entrusting part of their endowment to Bernard Madoff, according to a Feb. 13 letter published on the Redemptorists’ Web site by Redemptorist Father Patrick Woods, provincial superior.
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January 19, 2012

IND Indians relentless in overtime victory

The Institute of Notre Dame, Baltimore, faced its toughest challenge of the season as the sun began to set on the IAAM C Conference field hockey championship game held on Nov. 4 at The Bryn Mawr School.
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January 19, 2012

Athens archbishop fears disaster looms for Greek Catholic Church

OXFORD, England – Greece’s Catholic Church faces disaster because the current economic crisis is forcing it to end vital social and charitable projects, said Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos of Athens.
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January 19, 2012

Tiny Vatican City plays big role in promoting world peace, says pope

VATICAN CITY – While it may be “a nearly invisible dot on the world map,” the Vatican plays an enormous role in fostering world peace, solidarity and hope, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Bush to nominate Glendon as ambassador to Vatican

WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush will nominate Mary Ann Glendon, a U.S. law professor and president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, as the new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
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January 19, 2012

Millennial series applauded

After re-reviewing your four-part series on “Growing Up Millennial,” I can just report that my overwhelming emotion is one of hope. The next generations are seeking somewhere to belong and something in which to believe. For two millennia, the church has been able to respond to new cultures and the changes of time while remaining...
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January 19, 2012

USCCB, CRS seek 1 million Catholics for global poverty initiative

WASHINGTON – Catholics across a broad spectrum of the church are being mobilized in a renewed effort to fight global poverty.
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