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January 19, 2012

St. Cornelius

St. Cornelius lived in the third century. After being elected the 21st pope, he worked for the unity of the church during a time when the anti-pope Novatian claimed he was the true pontiff. The Romans exiled St. Cornelius in an effort to punish Christians who they said brought plagues against Rome. A document by...
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January 19, 2012

Haitian institutions that took in quake victims buckling under strain

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Catholic schools and orphanages in the Haitian countryside that took in thousands of children displaced by the January earthquake are buckling under the increased financial strain, administrators say.
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January 19, 2012

St. Wendelin

St. Wendelin was born in Scotland in 554. Although he was born a prince, he gave up his royal life in order to devote his life to God. The saint traveled to Rome in 574 and had an audience with Pope Benedict I. The pontiff advised Wendelin to follow his wish to live a life...
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January 19, 2012

Appeals court grants stay on same-sex marriages in California

WASHINGTON – The Aug. 16 decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to prevent the state of California from conducting same-sex marriages while an appeal is under way drew cheers from same-sex marriage opponents.
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January 19, 2012

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas was a priest, abbot and bishop of Myra (located in present-day Turkey) who was very generous to those who were in need. He also protected the innocent. He is known by many as Santa Claus. There are many stories about St. Nicholas. Once he heard of a poor man who was going to...
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January 19, 2012

Who will care for the newly uninsured? Georgetown med students step up

WASHINGTON – When most provisions of the new health reform legislation take effect in 2014, an estimated 32 million people who had been without health insurance when the reform effort began will be insured. But who will be caring for them?
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January 19, 2012

High school students serve the world

As the daughter of a special needs teacher, Jamie Hutcheson has always been interested in helping children and those in need.
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January 19, 2012

Conference participants pursue truth about women’s health, fertility

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Doctors from around the world came to Greenville in late July to present the latest breakthroughs in helping improve women’s health, fertility and overall well-being.
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January 19, 2012

Loud and clear

I think I’m in love. “With whom?” you may ask. With that female voice inside my GPS system!
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January 19, 2012

Pittsburgh Diocese sued after suicide of man who said priest sexually abused him

PITTSBURGH – The Diocese of Pittsburgh has denied any negligence or wrongdoing in the case of a man who had alleged he was abused by a diocesan priest as a child in the early 1980s and committed suicide in May.
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January 19, 2012

Airborne!

Forty years ago, I became a chaplain in the United States Army. That fact came home to me as I prepared a talk to be given last Saturday at Fort Myer, Va., to past and present members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the unit I served with in Vietnam in 1971.
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January 19, 2012

Pope begins writing last volume on life of Jesus

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI is dedicating his holiday to writing the third and final volume in his series on the life of Jesus, which will cover his infancy and childhood.
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