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January 19, 2012

Amnesty International backs access to abortion

WASHINGTON – The International Executive Committee of Amnesty International has declared that a woman should have full, legal access to abortion in cases of rape or incest or if her life or health is at grave risk. The new policy calls for eliminating criminal penalties for anyone who provides an abortion or obtains one. Last...
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January 19, 2012

Don’t cut budget on the backs of the poor, advocates tell Congress

WASHINGTON – The federal budget crunch should not be eased by cutting programs that help the poor, refugees and the unemployed in the United States or those struggling to survive in developing nations, warned church leaders in letters to Congress and responses to President Barack Obama’s budget proposal.
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January 19, 2012

Friend of murdered Jesuits in Moscow expresses shock over deaths

WASHINGTON – A Chilean priest who was friends with the two Jesuits murdered in Moscow expressed sadness and shock over their deaths.
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January 19, 2012

Church leaders call for prayers for new government

DUBLIN, Ireland – Christian leaders in Northern Ireland have encouraged citizens to pray for the success of the region’s fledgling Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government. Archbishop Sean Brady of Armagh issued a statement with the heads of the Anglican, Presbyterian and Methodist churches, calling May 8 a “historic day” when enemies joined together to form the power-sharing...
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January 19, 2012

More ‘low’ Masses, please

Thanks to the information provided through The Catholic Review, we have been made aware that some years ago the bishops decided that “music should be a part of all celebrations,” as much as possible. For the life of me, I can’t recall a survey or poll being taken at that time to ascertain whether this...
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January 19, 2012

White House report aims to keep inner-city Catholic schools open

WASHINGTON – In the waning days of the Bush administration, the White House is sounding the alarm on a six-year loss of about 1,200 faith-based schools in the U.S. and has issued a report it believes will help stop the closures.
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January 19, 2012

New procedure allows surgeons to remove blood clots

Nearly 200,000 people die each year from Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) – a condition in which a blood clot forms inside a deep vein – and surgeons at St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, are using a procedure that basically vacuums the clot right out of the body. About 30 people were treated at St. Joseph...
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January 19, 2012

Grand jury indicts five after Philadelphia sex abuse investigation

PHILADELPHIA – In a reprise of 2005’s sensational grand jury report of sexual assaults by clergy in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams released a new report Feb. 10 by a grand jury investigating similar abuse.
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January 19, 2012

Knights leader asks synod to consider linking Mass readings, catechism

VATICAN CITY – The head of one of the largest, most active groups of lay Catholics asked the world Synod of Bishops on the Bible to consider drafting a book that would help priests and laypeople link the Sunday Bible readings to the teachings in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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January 19, 2012

New Our Daily Bread building to be dedicated May 24

The new $15 million Our Daily Bread Employment Center and soup kitchen will not open to serve meals to Baltimore’s poor and homeless until June 4, but the halls of the three-story, 52,000-square-foot building are already filled with people. Contractors worked to ready the new site at 725 Fallsway for its May 24 dedication and...
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January 19, 2012

Liturgist drops speaking engagements over missal translation process

WASHINGTON – Saying that he “cannot promote the new missal translation with integrity,” the former chairman of the music committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy has withdrawn from all speaking engagements related to the missal.
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January 19, 2012

Nursing one of hottest career paths

Demand for nurses far outstrips supply in Maryland, and the gap is growing.
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