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Father Hector Mateus-Ariza, pastor of Resurrection of Our Lord in Laurel, talks with a residential migrant worker prior to an April 10 Mass at Laurel Park racetrack. The parish regularly takes their ministry to immigrants who work at the complex. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Ministering at Laurel Park, priest wants to smell not like sheep, but a ‘horse’

Norma Montenegro Flynn
April 12, 2019
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Father Mateus-Ariza, pastor of Resurrection of Our Lord in Laurel, has a parish community that is small, vibrant and culturally diverse. He utilizes every opportunity to bring people to his parish, and when someone at the racetrack invited him to visit the workers, the priest immediately grabbed the opportunity.

Pope Francis greets South Sudan President Salva Kiir April 11, 2019, at the end of a two-day spiritual retreat the pope hosted in the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican for the political leaders of South Sudan. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters)

At retreat for South Sudan leaders, pope literally begs for peace

Cindy Wooden
April 12, 2019
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At the end of a highly unusual spiritual retreat for the political leaders of warring factions, Pope Francis knelt at the feet of the leaders of South Sudan, begging them to give peace a chance and to be worthy “fathers of the nation.”

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 […]

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