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January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012

CCHD collection focuses on defending human dignity by fighting poverty

WASHINGTON – Human dignity can be defended by fighting poverty, said the leaders of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development as they prepared for the program’s 2010 annual collection, which will be taken up in most parishes Nov. 20-21.
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January 19, 2012

Book focusing on U.S. priest’s training as exorcist being made into movie

WASHINGTON – Rare is the priest in the United States who holds the title of diocesan exorcist.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican warns on splinter group devoted to angels

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s doctrinal office has asked the world’s bishops to be vigilant over the activities of a “wayward movement” of members of the Opus Angelorum church association.
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January 19, 2012

Bullying, teen suicides prompt soul-searching among religious groups

WASHINGTON – The widely publicized suicide of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi in September not only put the spotlight on the harassment of gay teenagers but also highlighted the possible role of religious groups in instilling negative views about homosexuals.
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January 19, 2012

Christians, Muslims continue to condemn attack on Iraqi cathedral

WASHINGTON – Condemnation of the Oct. 31 attack on Baghdad’s Syrian Catholic cathedral that left 58 people dead and 75 injured has widened to include a cross-section of Christian and Islamic communities.
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January 19, 2012

Top cable, satellite firms asked to curb channels carrying pornography

WASHINGTON – Christian Brothers Investment Services led a group of 220 other institutional investors to ask the United States’ largest cable television and satellite TV providers to stop distributing on-demand pay-per-view pornography and to stop carrying adult channels that specialize in pornographic material.
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January 19, 2012

Priestly conversion needed for credible church reform, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Personal conversion and purification, especially for priests, are critical steps in the process of true and credible reform of the church, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Poverty, neglect make rural areas susceptible to storms like Tomas

LES ANGLAIS, Haiti – If Tomas strikes Haiti as a tropical storm or hurricane, it will severely test residents of Les Anglais, in the southwestern corner of the country.
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January 19, 2012

Famous baseball card hits a $262,900 home run for Baltimore-based School Sisters of Notre Dame

An incredibly rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball card, one of the most valuable pieces of sports memorabilia in the world, brought an unexpected blessing to the School Sisters of Notre Dame based in Baltimore Nov. 4, when it sold to an unspecified bidder for $262,900 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
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January 19, 2012

Castro joins church leaders as Cuba opens first seminary in 50 years

HAVANA – In a ceremony joined by President Raul Castro, Cuba’s Catholic bishops inaugurated the San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary Nov. 3, the country’s first major church-related construction in the half century since the revolution led by Fidel Castro.
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January 19, 2012

Baltimore maternity home affiliated with Gabriel Network to reopen

Sparrow House, a Baltimore maternity home that suspended operations in July because of a lack of finances, is reopening Nov. 15. The home raised more than $34,000 in one-time gifts and more than $38,000 in pledges over the last several months – enough to cover its $6,000 monthly minimum operational expenses for the next year.
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January 19, 2012

Clergy shortage is a national challenge

The Archdiocese of Baltimore isn't alone in grappling with the challenge of fewer priests. Dioceses throughout the country are confronting the clergy shortage in ways that are having a direct impact on the faith life of Catholics in the pews.
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