It has been one year since I first wrote about the need for a plan that addresses the challenges facing our parishes and seizes opportunities to create more vibrant faith communities in our Archdiocese.Read More
WASHINGTON – Since 2006, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services has helped more than 2,700 victims of human trafficking obtain food, clothing and access to medical care.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Francesco Zanardi walked almost 350 miles to deliver a letter asking Pope Benedict XVI to meet Italian victims of clerical abuse and to work harder to ensure bishops around the world follow Vatican norms for dealing with accusations of abuse.Read More
ROME – The six editors of the Catholic news agency Zenit have resigned, saying the agency has become too closely identified with the Legionaries of Christ.Read More
MIDDLETOWN – Vincentian Father Sylvester Peterka was attending a priests’ enrichment day focused on resilience in ministry when a text popped up on his phone Oct. 10. One of his senior parishioners was in the hospital and was looking for someone to visit her. That same day, a young man called the pastor looking for...Read More
VATICAN CITY – Endless news, noise and crowds have made people afraid of silence and solitude, which are essential for finding God’s love and love for others, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
Tony Magliano’s pacifist opinions return in “America’s longest war: 10 years and counting” (CR, Sept. 29), where he repeats the Beatles’ classic, “All You Need is Love.” His advice would have us believe that peace is the normal state of mankind when history consistently teaches otherwise. He may wish it were possible for the United...Read More
It is important to correct the allegation of letter-writer Jim Devereaux (Scrutinize CCHD grants” (CR, Sept. 8), that a Catholic Campaign for Human Development group, PATH (People Acting Together in Howard), endorses candidates. The truth is that no CCHD-funded group is permitted to do so. PATH has not done so and will not do so.Read More
WASHINGTON – What started as a smallish protest in a New York City park in mid-September to rail against banks and wealthy Americans for their seeming indifference to the plight of poor and working-class Americans in a sluggish economy has spread to several major U.S. cities.Read More