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February 25, 2010

Father Hilgartner to be among leaders of workshops on new missal

WASHINGTON – Registration is now open for a series of workshops to help prepare priests and diocesan leaders for implementation of the revised Roman Missal.
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February 25, 2010

Couple celebrates birth of twin girls doctors had advised they abort

WAYNE, N.J. – Perhaps the birth of the De Mayo identical twins Dec. 29 already might hint at the girls’ personalities, now beginning to form: Natalia, the smaller of the two, announced her arrival into the world by screaming. Melania, the larger of the two, came out of the womb sleeping.
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February 23, 2010

St. Alphonsus to remember heroic son of parish

The Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore will host a 3 p.m. memorial service and reception Feb. 28 for Father Casimir Pugevicius, a son of the parish and a noted defender of human rights and freedom in Lithuania.
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February 22, 2010

Church statistics show increase in Catholics, priests, seminarians

VATICAN CITY – The latest Vatican statistics show a slight increase in Catholics as a percentage of the world’s population, and a slow but steady rise in the number of priests and seminarians worldwide.
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February 19, 2010

Mosul archbishop says Christians live in panic, targeted in killings

LONDON – The killings of four Iraqi Christians in as many days could prompt a wave of refugees fleeing northern Iraq, where Christians live in constant state of panic, said a Catholic archbishop.
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February 19, 2010

Catholic woman spearheads campaign to help homeless during Olympics

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – When most people think of the Olympic visitors flocking to this city, they imagine athletes and spectators from around the world. But that’s not what sprang to mind for Carolyn Wharton of Star of the Sea Parish in White Rock, nearly 30 miles outside Vancouver.
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February 15, 2010

Archbishop O’Brien will celebrate Ash Wednesday Masses

As Catholics mark the beginning of Lent, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate two Ash Wednesday Masses on Feb. 17 in Baltimore – a 12:10 p.m. liturgy at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and a 5:30 p.m. liturgy at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
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February 15, 2010

Public option vital to health care reform

Contrary to recent comments that question whether a health care public option can reduce or eliminate competition, the opposite is obvious fact. Who controls compensation for physicians? Carefirst Blueshield Bluecross and United Healthcare control 80 to 85 percent of the market. Their premium structure is forcing doctors out of Maryland. Small businesses are dropping or...
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February 15, 2010

Oblate Sisters express gratitude to archdiocesan schools

Referring to “Wanted: 93,000 Bricks” (CR, Oct. 22, 2009) by Sister Mary Alice Chineworth, O.S.P., Dr. Ronald Valenti , archdiocesan schools chief, reminded students of the service and ministry of the Oblate Sisters of Providence for more than 180 years to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The article described the Oblates’ need for a building in...
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February 11, 2010

Lobby Night, Harambee celebration among events disrupted by historic snows

Two heavy snowfalls in the span of six days have made for the snowiest winter in Maryland history and created a number of cancellations and postponements in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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February 11, 2010

Ruling on same-sex marriage in D.C. called ‘partisan paternalism’

WASHINGTON – By refusing to allow residents of the District of Columbia to vote on same-sex marriage, a district board is undermining religious freedom and promoting “partisan paternalism under the guise of righteousness,” according to an analysis by the Archdiocese of Washington.
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February 2, 2010

Pius XII feared outcry against atrocities would worsen situation

VATICAN CITY – Pope Pius XII wanted to speak out against Nazi atrocities, but was advised not to for fear of worsening the wartime situation, said the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.
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