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Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Christophe Pierre, top row, center, Archbishop William E. Lori, left, and Bishop Denis J. Madden, right, pose for a photo following a Mass marking 150 years of ministry in Baltimore for the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Mass was celebrated April 10 in the chapel of St. Martin’s Home in Catonsville. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Apostolic nuncio helps Little Sisters celebrate 150 years in Baltimore

Emily Rosenthal Alster
April 11, 2019
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Archbishop Pierre said St. Jeanne Jugan and the Little Sisters glorify God through their humility and care for the poor, especially in a world that values productivity, as the elderly might not be as productive as they once were.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI attends a consistory for the creation of new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo. Pope Benedict has released an article addressing the roots of the clerical sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and how the church should respond now. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Retired pope publishes reflection on abuse crisis

Carol Glatz
April 11, 2019
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI, acknowledging his role in helping the Catholic Church come to terms with the clerical sexual abuse crisis beginning in the 1980s, wrote an article outlining his thoughts about what must be done now.

Mourners attend a candlelight vigil Aug. 7, 2012, at the Sikh Temple in Brookfield, Wis., in memory of the victims of a mass shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek. (CNS photo/John Gress, Reuters)

Faith leaders urge U.S. government to uphold religious liberty

Catholic News Service
April 10, 2019
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In an April 4 letter, the leaders urged Trump and the other U.S. leaders to recognize that “individuals of all faiths and none have equal dignity, worth and rights to religious freedom.”

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, who is apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., greets a volunteer at the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center in Wheeling March 2, 2019. (CNS photo/Colleen Rowan, The Catholic Spirit)

Archbishop Lori lauds West Virginia diocese’s Catholic Charities center for affirming ‘human dignity’

Colleen Rowan
April 10, 2019
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From the minute he walked into the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center in Wheeling, Archbishop William E. Lori said he could “sense not only services and good things being done for people with needs, but a sense of welcome.”

Transitions and trust

Rita Buettner
April 9, 2019
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Much as I cannot believe it, our older son is in fifth grade. And we’re not all that far from the end of school. On a school field trip this week, he and his fellow fifth graders climbed aboard school buses and traveled to the middle school they’ll be attending in September. Afterward, I asked […]

Capuchin Franciscan Father Louis Petruha died March 31 following an extended illness. He was 80 years old.

Cumberland priest dies at 80

Emily Rosenthal Alster
April 9, 2019
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In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Father Petruha served as an instructor at the Capuchin Novitiate in Annapolis (1966-67), as associate pastor at Ss. Peter and Paul in Cumberland, which is now part of Our Lady of the Mountains (1972-75), and again at Our Lady of the Mountains (2015 until recent months, when medical issues intervened).

Sister Francesca Krolczyk died March 24 in her hometown of Baltimore. She was 91.

Sister Francesca Krolczyk, O.S.F., who returned to Catholic High to teach, dies at age 91

Catholic Review Staff
April 9, 2019
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A funeral Mass was offered March 29 at Our Lady of Angels Convent Chapel in Aston, Pa., for Sister Francesca Krolczyk, who gave to the Archdiocese of Baltimore 56 of her 67 years as a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. Sister Francesca died March 24 in her hometown of Baltimore. She was 91.

Seminarians of the Archdiocese of Washington greet Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory as he arrives at the St. John Paul II Seminary for a visit April 5, 2019, the day after Pope Francis named him as the new archbishop of Washington. At left is Msgr. Robert Panke, the seminary's rector, and at right is Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, retired archbishop of Washington, who has served as apostolic administrator of the archdiocese, and is the seminary's founder. (CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)

St. John Paul II Seminary in Washington welcomes new archbishop

Mark Zimmerman
April 9, 2019
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As they did when Pope Francis arrived to visit the Archdiocese of Washington’s St. John Paul II Seminary in 2015, the seminarians and priests stood on the steps at the seminary’s front entrance and applauded as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory arrived for his first visit April 5, one day after Pope Francis had named him as the new archbishop of Washington.

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori celebrates a Mass with special intentions for survivors of abuse and for abuse prevention in the chapel of the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington April 8, 2019. Looking on is Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield, general secretary of the conference. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Archbishop Lori: Church has many reasons to get right response to child sexual abuse

Christopher Gunty
April 9, 2019
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A week into National Child Abuse Protection Month, Archbishop William E. Lori visited the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops chapel to celebrate midday Mass for employees of the conference to reflect on the church’s work to develop policies and procedures to prevent child abuse by those within the church.

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