WARSAW, Poland – Two Polish archbishops welcomed Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s letter seeking a better understanding between Russians and Poles, published to coincide with Sept. 1 commemorations of the outbreak of World War II.Read More
WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop Joseph F. Martino, 63, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Scranton, Pa., for health reasons.Read More
WASHINGTON – The Vatican Congregation for Clergy has approved a small change in the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults clarifying Catholic teaching about God’s covenant with the Jewish people.Read More
PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik has urged local Catholics to be welcoming and offer hospitality and prayer when the city hosts the Sept. 24-25 Group of 20 summit focusing on the economic recession.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and Cardinal William H. Keeler will soon have new homes. After two years in Baltimore, the archbishop is moving from a Sulpician apartment building in North Baltimore to the archbishop’s residence adjacent to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in downtown Baltimore.Read More
WASHINGTON - Increasing violence against religious minorities, particularly Christians, and the government’s inadequate response to that violence in 2008 prompted the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to add India to its 2009 watch list of countries where conditions of religious freedom require close monitoring.Read More
The article about Nick D’Adamo Sr. and his son (CR, Aug. 6) struck a sentimental and nostalgic chord. I lived next door to Mr. Nick and his family in Baltimore from 1972 to 1988. I was 18 when we moved away. Twenty-one years later, my memories of Mr. Nick are still unmistakably fond. His smile...Read More
PUNE, India – The Diocese of Pune closed its schools for a week and postponed several programs as swine flu spread throughout the western Indian city.Read More
WASHINGTON – Catholic bishops in Taiwan asked their people to pray for the victims of Typhoon Morakot, which dumped more than 80 inches of rain on the island the second weekend in August.Read More