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Local physicians George Hennawi, from left, Eskander Yazaji, Camille Tawil and Ibrahim Hanna, Catholic schoolmates in Damascus, relax in September 2016 outside a Federal Hill restaurant during Tawil’s wedding rehearsal party. Their T-shirts were inspired by a Japanese cartoon they watched as children. (Courtesy George Hennawi)

Road from Damascus: From Syria to Baltimore, physicians find, share compassion

Paul McMullen
September 12, 2019
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What do School Sisters of Notre Dame, a poverty-stricken West Baltimorean and a Towson resident with heart disease have in common?

Pope Francis met Sept. 11, 2019, with the committee working to fulfill the goals of the "Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together," the historic document signed by the pope and Egyptian Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar University in February. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

On 9/11, pope greets Vatican, Muslim leaders promoting world peace

Carol Glatz
September 11, 2019
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On a day remembered for the terrorist attacks against the United States, Pope Francis met with members of a committee of Muslim leaders and Vatican officials promoting a new era of dialogue and world peace.

A woman grieves at the inscription of her late husband's name at the national 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City Sept. 11, 2014. Msgr. John Delendick, a longtime New York Fire Department chaplain, still recalls the 9/11 attacks vividly. That first year after the attacks, he said, he doesn't remember how many funerals and memorial Masses he celebrated. (CNS photo/Chang Lee, Reuters)

Memories of 9/11 attacks linger for fire department chaplain

Catholic News Service
September 10, 2019
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Monsignor John Delendick, a longtime New York Fire Department chaplain who is currently pastor of St. Jude Church in Brooklyn, remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly.

People wave palms as Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass at the monument to Mary, Queen of Peace in Port Louis, Mauritius, Sept. 9, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Amid economic growth, pope urges Mauritius to care for the young, poor

Cindy Wooden
September 10, 2019
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Statistical indicators show Mauritius’ rapid economic growth has benefited all sectors of society, lifting thousands out of poverty over the past 30 years, but Pope Francis still urged the island’s Catholics to be careful.

Ivann Garc, an artist from Guanajuato, Mexico, draws the Madonna with chalk blessed by Father Jason Worley, pastor of St. Ursula Church in Parkville, during the Madonnari Arts Festival Sept. 6-8 in Little Italy. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Madonnari Arts Festival revives chalk work with Renaissance roots

Mary K. Tilghman
September 9, 2019
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With subjects as varied as saints and Madonnas, Martin Luther King Jr. and Harry Potter, madonnari came from Italy and Belgium, Germany and Mexico, along with about 10 local artists and local students.

Greer Dorsey, who was raised at St. Peter Claver in West Baltimore, began the parish's Harper's Helpers ministry, a pantry and soup kitchen named in honor of a late Josephite priest who served as its associate pastor. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Outreach honors Josephite’s commitment to Sandtown-Winchester

Paul McMullen
September 9, 2019
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On the second Saturday of the month, the people of St. Peter Claver Parish, under the direction of Greer Dorsey, provide a meal and fellowship for between 150 and 200 people in need, under the banner of Harper’s Helpers.

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