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February 2, 2010

Who is accounting for millions sent to Haiti?

Many Americans are confused about the disaster in Haiti and where the millions of dollars being sent are going, in particular the vast sums of money contributed to Catholic Relief Services.
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February 2, 2010

More advice for Weigel on Prayer of the Faithful

I have some problems with George Weigel’s (CR, Jan. 21) expressions of concern about the daily Prayer of the Faithful. If is he so attuned to the words that he sees the omissions and commissions, he is missing the spirit of the prayer. I don’t disagree with any of the prayers he proposes, but I...
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January 27, 2010

Government eliminates competition

Father Joseph Breighner, you wrote (CR, Jan. 21) about your difficulty finding the unmarked Social Security office on West Street in Towson and then having to wait two hours in that office before being told that they couldn’t wait on you. You mentioned that a funeral home and two auto dealerships nearby had clearly visible...
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January 27, 2010

British archaeologist: Find shows Turin shroud not from Jesus’ time

JERUSALEM - Results from studies on the remains of a first-century shroud discovered on the edge of the Old City of Jerusalem prove that the famous Shroud of Turin could not have originated from Jerusalem of Jesus’ time, said a prominent archaeologist.
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January 26, 2010

Magliano’s morality on climate change off base

My reaction after reading Tony Magliano’s article on the environment (CR, Jan. 21) was regret for sending money to Catholic Relief Services for Haiti relief. If CRS uses their funds lobbying for theft based on climate change, they are harming the poor.
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January 14, 2010

2009 – a turning point for bishops?

Was 2009 a turning point for the American bishops, marking a tougher and more realistic approach on their part to the myriad problems, internal and external, besetting the Catholic Church in the United States? It’s too soon for final conclusions, but, on the evidence, history may judge the year just past in exactly those terms.
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January 8, 2010

Iraqi archbishop: Christians, tired of waiting, will leave country

LONDON – An Iraqi archbishop has predicted a new wave of emigration from Iraq involving Christians who have tired of waiting for their situation to improve.
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December 31, 2009

Thai Catholic agency denied access to Hmong before their deportation

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s Catholic aid agency was refused access to more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum seekers in northern Thailand, as thousands of Thai soldiers arrived to deport them to Laos.
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December 31, 2009

Two Kenyans charged in murder of Irish priest

KERICHO, Kenya – Kenyan authorities have charged two men with the mid-December murder of an Irish priest.
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December 28, 2009

Bishop Ricard suffers stroke, remains hospitalized in Pensacola

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee remained in serious but stable condition Dec. 28 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola after suffering a stroke Dec. 22.
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December 24, 2009

Bishop Ricard suffers stroke; your prayers requested

Bishop John H. Ricard, SSJ, bishop of Penacola-Tallahassee, Fla., and former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, was admitted to the hospital recently with a stroke. The following information was provided by the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee:
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December 23, 2009

Catholic Charities helps house low-income seniors

Betty Wilson was on a waiting list for more than four years to get into a Catholic Charities’ low-income housing unit. The 79-year-old widow finally secured a spot this summer at Friendship Village, a newly opened, 63-unit, low-income senior apartment complex operated by Catholic Charities.
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