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January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012

DREAM Act dies in Senate; immigrant advocates remain determined

WASHINGTON - The Senate’s inability to overcome a threatened filibuster Dec. 18 scuttled passage of the DREAM Act, prompting immigrant advocates to pledge to push forward on immigration reform next year with a new Congress and fight for what one immigrant leader termed the “respect we deserve.”
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January 19, 2012

Frederick benefactor has been a Midnight Mass mainstay since 1944

FREDERICK – Beloved traditions can evolve or fall away.
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January 19, 2012

Phoenix bishop extends deadline on threat to hospital’s Catholic identity

WASHINGTON – Citing “ongoing communication and attempts to rectify the situation,” Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted extended from Dec. 17 to Dec. 21 a deadline he had set for a local Catholic hospital to comply with three demands related to the church’s ethical directives for health care.
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January 19, 2012

Boost in tourism to Bethlehem in 2010 pleases Palestinian businesses

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – With five new hotels in the works, a handful of new souvenir shops opening recently and nearly 40 restaurants able to serve crowds from 100 to 1,000, the Bethlehem economy is showing signs of recovery following the desperate intifada years.
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Keeler honored at Jewish Museum

Two curators of a national exhibition highlighting Pope John Paul II’s relationship with Jews recently honored Cardinal William H. Keeler, a longtime advocate of interfaith understanding.
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January 19, 2012

Company offers electronic rosary with late pope’s voice leading prayers

VATICAN CITY – An Italian company is offering an electronic rosary with the voice of Pope John Paul II leading the prayers.
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January 19, 2012

Top pastry chef recreates Washington’s national shrine in gingerbread

WASHINGTON – The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington has sometimes been called “a hymn in stone.” This year, it can also rightly be called “a hymn in gingerbread.”
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January 19, 2012

New York doctor hopes to create orthopedic surgery center in Ghana

ALBANY, N.Y. - An Albany-area Catholic couple’s plan to bring orthopedic surgery where it is sorely needed – the Cape Coast area of the West African country of Ghana – has ballooned into a charitable organization with 15 directors, countless donors and support from the Vatican and the Archdiocese of Cape Coast.
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January 19, 2012

Lack of religious freedom harms security, pope says in peace message

VATICAN CITY – Infringements on the freedom of religion threaten peace and security worldwide as well as stifle authentic human growth and development, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Prayer campaign promotes peace before Southern Sudan independence vote

JUBA, Southern Sudan – Every Saturday, Natalina Mabo walks through the streets of Wau on her way to another house of worship. With her are several hundred people following a candle lantern – they call it a “peace torch” – that symbolizes their longing for an end to the violence that has racked the south...
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January 19, 2012

Irish High Court allows chapter of abuse report to be published

DUBLIN – Ireland’s High Court ruled that a previously withheld chapter from a report on the Catholic Church’s mishandling of child abuse can now be published.
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January 19, 2012

Manhattan church has storied history ministering to theater community

NEW YORK – The well-attended 11 o’clock Mass every Saturday night at St. Malachy’s Church might be the first clue that this not a typical parish.
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