LONDON – An Iraqi archbishop has predicted a new wave of emigration from Iraq involving Christians who have tired of waiting for their situation to improve.
LONDON – An Iraqi archbishop has predicted a new wave of emigration from Iraq involving Christians who have tired of waiting for their situation to improve.
The news of Mayor Dixon’s plea in court today and her decision to resign as Mayor of Baltimore is sad news for the mayor, her family and for our entire city. I would ask the Catholic community in Baltimore City and throughout this historic Archdiocese to pray for the mayor and her family at this […]

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s Catholic aid agency was refused access to more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum seekers in northern Thailand, as thousands of Thai soldiers arrived to deport them to Laos.
KERICHO, Kenya – Kenyan authorities have charged two men with the mid-December murder of an Irish priest.
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that Pope Benedict XVI has conferred the honorary title of Monsignor on the following nine priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore: Rev. Richard J. Bozzelli, Pastor, Corpus Christi Church, Baltimore Rev. William A. Collins, Jr., Associate Pastor Emeritus, Holy Family, Randallstown Rev. Carl F. Cummings, Pastor, […]

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee remained in serious but stable condition Dec. 28 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola after suffering a stroke Dec. 22.
The Catholic Review In this Christmas Eve edition of The Catholic Review—the last of the year—I offer these Christmas-related “Thoughts on our Church,” with sincere gratitude to you, good readers, for tending this weekly column and for your faithful witness and dedicated service to our Church. Holy Spirit, Indeed Perhaps no church in this Archdiocese […]
Bishop John H. Ricard, SSJ, bishop of Penacola-Tallahassee, Fla., and former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, was admitted to the hospital recently with a stroke. The following information was provided by the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee:

Betty Wilson was on a waiting list for more than four years to get into a Catholic Charities’ low-income housing unit. The 79-year-old widow finally secured a spot this summer at Friendship Village, a newly opened, 63-unit, low-income senior apartment complex operated by Catholic Charities.
VATICAN CITY – Tickets for Christmas Eve Mass with Pope Benedict XVI were in high demand and short supply this year.

VATICAN CITY – People either love or hate the TV cartoon series, “The Simpsons,” but there’s no doubt the 20-year-old series reflects very modern notions – and confusion – about religion and spirituality, the Vatican newspaper said.
WASHINGTON – Orthodox Christians in predominantly Muslim Turkey “don’t feel that we enjoy our full rights as Turkish citizens,” the spiritual head of the world’s 300 million Orthodox told the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” Dec. 20.
