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Protesters supporting the migrant caravan in Tijuana, Mexico, march next to the border wall with Mexico in San Diego. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)

Scapegoating migrants in political speeches is unacceptable, pope says

Carol Glatz
December 18, 2018
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In today’s climate of mistrust, rejection and nationalism, the world urgently needs peacemakers and politicians who protect and lovingly serve others, Pope Francis said in his annual message for the World Day of Peace Jan. 1.

Following his Dec. 15 ordination to the priesthood, Father Robert Katafiasz poses with Archbishop William E. Lori outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. (Richard Lippenholz/Special to the Review)

Archdiocese of Baltimore welcomes its newest priest

Emily Rosenthal Alster
December 17, 2018
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Father Robert Katafiasz humbly walked through a tunnel of applause at the conclusion of his ordination Mass Dec. 15 as the congregation filled the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore with a passionate rendition of “Lift High the Cross.” The only priest ordained, the 36-year-old was […]

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: The Ordination of Robert Katafiasz

Archbishop William E. Lori
December 14, 2018
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Robert, let us regard this joyous day of priestly ordination not as the evening of your life but rather the dawn of a life of priestly service. The reason you requested that this particular Gospel be read at your ordination was precisely because your desire to tend the Lord’s flock, the People of God, to nourish them with the Word of God and to sustain them with the Lord’s Body and Blood.

Father Godswill Agbagwa began as the leader of Frostburg State University’s Catholic Campus Ministry at the start of the fall 2018 semester. (Emily Rosenthal/CR Staff)

Reboot: Frostburg State welcomes new minister, Mass on campus

Emily Rosenthal Alster
December 14, 2018
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“Our young people don’t seem to understand the position of the church, and that makes some of them afraid to engage the secular society in some of these issues,” Father Godswill Agbagwa said. “As they graduate  and go on to the larger society, they can be able to engage their society … stand up for their faith in the public square.”

This creche had been displayed for at least 50 years in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Volunteers from St. Edmond Catholic Church erected the Nativity Dec. 5 in the town square and the city ordered it removed the following day. (CNS photo/courtesy Denise Boswell)

Creche up for one day, then Delaware town’s leaders order its removal

Catholic News Service
December 13, 2018
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A manger scene can make people feel good at Christmas and that’s what Patty Derrick and her friends in Rehoboth Beach were aiming for when they spoke to town leaders about erecting a creche that has been part of the beach town for about a half-century.

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