The Institute of Notre Dame (IND), Baltimore, has appointed Charisse Fenari Wernecke as its new president.
The Institute of Notre Dame (IND), Baltimore, has appointed Charisse Fenari Wernecke as its new president.
PIEVE DI CADORE, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI’s closest aide said the pope was pained and concerned by the “devastating scale” of clerical sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
WASHINGTON – A survey released by the Pew Research Center shows a disconnect between marriage and parenthood, a trend Catholics involved in marriage and family ministry said they have observed over the past few decades.
DUBLIN, Ireland – Catholics worldwide will celebrate the feast of St. Patrick two days earlier next year after the Vatican gave permission to move the feast day to avoid a conflict with Holy Week.
The Greek word for “letter” is Epistole, the name chosen by the Church of the Holy Apostles, Gambrills, for their quarterly newsletter, which in essence, said pastor Father Jeffrey Dauses, is a letter to all members of the parish.
Concerned that your children aren’t getting enough healthy food choices in their cafeteria? Well, if Tommy Savvides’ company “Tommy’s” is making the food, parents have little to worry about.
In Catholic Schools, uniforms are the trend, but on out-of-uniform days, students need to consider what fashionable items they can wear without disobeying the modesty rule.

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop David A. Zubik of Green Bay, Wis., to head the Diocese of Pittsburgh, where he once was an auxiliary bishop. The appointment was announced in Washington July 18 by Monsignor Martin Krebs, charge d’affaires of the Vatican nunciature. Auxiliary Bishop Paul J. Bradley has been administrator of the Pittsburgh Diocese since June 2006. He was elected to the post after then-Bishop Donald W. Wuerl was installed to head the Washington Archdiocese.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Such common themes as the nourishing nature of the Eucharist and the cleansing of baptismal waters convey universal meaning to believers of many cultures, a Nigerian archbishop told participants in the 10th National Black Catholic Congress.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Kevin Johnson had one hand on a piano keyboard as the other guided a room full of participants through seamless key changes from one gospel song to another.

HONG KONG – A group of priests, nuns and laypeople of the Beijing Diocese have elected Father Joseph Li Shan as their new bishop, filling the see left vacant by the death of Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan. Father Li works at St. Joseph Church – commonly known as Dongtang or East Church – in Wangfujing, a well-known shopping area in downtown Beijing. UCA News, an Asian church news agency, reported July 17 that church sources who asked not to be named said the election was conducted July 16.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The 10th National Black Catholic Congress came to a close July 15, after more than 2,000 black Catholics spent four days praying, celebrating and learning more about the eight principles that pose challenges to African-American communities and how those challenges relate to the seven sacraments. The theme of the July 12-15 gathering was “Christ Is With Us: Celebrating the Gifts of the Sacraments.” “Take what you have learned in the workshops and share it with the people back at home. Communicate that back home, and allow the Lord to use you,” said Father Raymond Harris, a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, at the congress’s final session on “Foundations for the Future.”
