Day

January 19, 2012

Pope says Catholics must help Latin America spiritually, materially

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the face of poverty, secularization and the spread of sects in Latin America, Catholics around the world must form strong communities of faith ready to help them spiritually and materially, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Read More

Vatican official says labor, trade practices should protect worker

GENEVA (CNS) -- Labor, trade and investment policies and practices should value and protect the worker, a Vatican official told delegates at an international labor conference.
Read More

U.N. president from Bahrain receives 2007 Path to Peace Award

UNITED NATIONS (CNS) -- Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, the first woman elected president of the U.N. General Assembly since 1969, is the 2007 winner of the Path to Peace Award.
Read More

Sen. Cardin meets with Md. religious leaders

In his first official assembly with Maryland religious leaders, Sen. Ben Cardin laid out his vision for the war in Iraq, immigration reform, peace intervention in the Holy Land and national health coverage, and set up a process to confer with the group on a regular basis.
Read More

17th-Annual Catholic Family Expo opens June 27

With a stable of speakers ranging from bishops to an internationally recognized movie star, organizers of the 17th-Annual Catholic Family Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center June 27 to July 1 hope to motivate attendees to return to their parishes inspired to serve God.
Read More

Anatomy of a volunteer

Amid 10,000 people serving as volunteers for one Catholic organization, there are bound to be common traits. Yet they won’t be found in appearance, age, marital status or gender.
Read More

Demonstrators silently protest abductions, killings in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Hundreds of local and international nongovernmental activists, wearing black cloths over their mouths as gags, staged a silent protest at Colombo’s central train station.
Read More

Bishop Ricard joins religious leaders for service focusing on hunger

WASHINGTON – Religious leaders, including Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., gathered at the Washington National Cathedral June 11 to reaffirm their mutual commitment to end hunger.
Read More

Survey notes attitudinal differences in heavy, light TV watchers

WASHINGTON – A newly published survey shows notable differences in the attitudes of heavy TV watchers and light TV watchers on several social and political issues.
Read More

St. Ignatius parishioner donates $1 million to Kernan Hospital

When Charles B. Reeves Jr., 84, was a child, his father would take him and his brother to Kernan Hospital, Baltimore, as he “made rounds” on Sundays. Charles Reeves Sr. became president of the Kernan board of directors in 1936, serving for 19 years. In 1959, the junior Mr. Reeves joined the board to take...
Read More

World’s top golfer swings by St. Joan

As one of the most enthusiastic golfers in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Father Samuel Young was more than a bit excited to see Lorena Ochoa, the number-one women’s golfer in the world, sitting in a pew at St. Joan of Arc, Aberdeen, before the 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass, June 10.
Read More

Monsignor Lynch celebrates 50 years as a priest

At only 9 days old Monsignor Edward Lynch was baptized at his home parish of Immaculate Conception, Towson, never knowing that one day he would become an associate priest and later pastor of the parish. At a Mass June 10 Monsignor Lynch, the parishioners of Immaculate Conception and close friends, family, fellow priests and bishops...
Read More
1 706 707 708 709 710 803
En español »