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From right, Archbishop William E. Lori, Bishop Denis J. Madden and Josephite Father Ray Bomberger, pastor of St. Peter Claver/St. Pius V in West Baltimore, lead a 2017 walk that paused for prayer and remembrance at sites where homicides had occurred. (CR file)

‘Time for a different approach’

Christopher Gunty
November 27, 2019
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We have to do something – actually we have to do a lot of somethings: strengthen families, fight poverty, promote the dignity of life – so that when we get to the end of 2020, we’re not looking at 300 or more homicides in Baltimore again.

Augie Miceli, shown in April, died at age 86 June 29, less than a month after completing 60 years of service to Calvert Hall College High School in Towson. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Turkey Bowl at 100: Augie Miceli still teaching, leading

Jason Smith
November 27, 2019
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The best thing you can do in life is be a consistent, positive example to your family. Teach them to be punctual. Teach them to be a good influence on their community. And, most essential, teach them how to provide care and love to other people, especially those in your family.

Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., speaks during a news conference at the chancery Nov. 26, 2019, in Wheeling, W.Va. (CNS photo/Colleen Rowan, The Catholic Spirit)

West Virginia bishop asks predecessor to repay $792,000 to diocese

Dennis Sadowski
November 26, 2019
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Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, has asked the former bishop of the diocese to pay back more than $792,000 to cover the “inappropriate expenditure of diocesan funds to support a luxurious lifestyle.”

Pope Francis wears a traditional Japanese shirt he received as a gift during a meeting with young people at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

On holy ground: Pope honors martyrs, missioners, bombing victims in Asia

Cindy Wooden
November 26, 2019
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At the end of his trip to Thailand and Japan, Pope Francis said he found truth in the saying, “Lux ex oriente, ex occidente luxus,” or, as he roughly translated it, “the light comes from the East, and luxury, consumerism from the West.”

Pope Francis answers questions from reporters aboard his flight from Tokyo to Rome Nov. 26, 2019. At right is Matteo Bruni, Vatican spokesman. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Financial scandal shows Vatican reforms are working, pope tells media

Cindy Wooden
November 26, 2019
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Questions about Vatican finances, especially those involving a real estate deal in London, are serious, but they also are a sign that reforms begun by Pope Benedict XVI are working, Pope Francis said.

Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory speaks Nov. 21, 2019, during a dialogue on Pope Francis titled "The Francis Factor Today," at Georgetown University's Dahlgren Chapel in Washington. Also pictured are Helen Alvare, a professor in the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, and Kim Daniels, the discussion's moderator, who is associate director of Georgetown's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, which co-sponsored the event. (CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Archdiocese of Washington)

Panelists say from day one, Pope Francis showed world he would be a pastor

Mark Zimmerman
November 25, 2019
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First impressions of Pope Francis in 2013 revealed his style and pastoral priorities, and since then, his words and actions have continued to inspire and challenge the Catholic Church and the world, panelists said at a Nov. 21 dialogue on the “Francis Factor Today” at Georgetown University.

Bishop Frank J. Caggiano
Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Conn., gestures during the Catholic convocation in Orlando, Fla., July 2 , 2017. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Bishop Caggiano named chairman of Catholic Relief Services board

Catholic News Service
November 25, 2019
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Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, is the new chairman of the board of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services following his appointment by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Pope Francis embraces a young man as he meets with victims of the 2011 "triple disaster" (earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant meltdown) at Bellesalle Hanzomon, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 25, 2019.
Pope Francis embraces a young man as he meets with victims of the 2011 "triple disaster" (earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant meltdown) at Bellesalle Hanzomon, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: Reverence for life, not profit, must determine use of nuclear power

Cindy Wooden
November 25, 2019
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While not adopting the Japanese bishops’ opposition to nuclear power plants as his own, Pope Francis insisted the 2011 meltdown at the Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima raises serious questions.

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