WILMINGTON, Del. – The Oblates of St. Francis de Sales have settled all 39 lawsuits against the order and its Salesianum School in Wilmington under the Delaware Child Victims Act for charges of sexual abuse of minors by its priests.Read More
MADRID – Although he and his group were unable to get very close to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to World Youth Day, Erick Arellano, a senior airman with the U.S. Air Force, still felt the excitement of being among the thousands that packed the Spanish capital’s Plaza de Cibeles.Read More
MADRID – The mood at World Youth Day changed dramatically late Aug. 19 as Pope Benedict XVI and hundreds of thousands of young people turned their thoughts to suffering.Read More
SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, Spain – Pope Benedict XVI’s meetings with young religious women and young university professors, held in the same complex, had very different tones.Read More
MADRID – Formally welcomed to World Youth Day by a boisterous, flag-waving throng of hundreds of thousands of young people from around the world, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged their enthusiasm but also urged them to be strong, solid and think about their faith.Read More
MADRID – As pilgrim Mark Horn mingled among hundreds of young people in an auditorium full of priests and women and men religious, the words he had just heard from Father Robert J. Barron cascaded through his mind.Read More
Redemptorist Father Arthur Gildea, newly appointed pastor of Our Lady of Fatima in Baltimore, is no stranger to Charm City. From 2005 to 2007, he served as associate pastor of Our Lady of Fatima. He is also a former pastor of St. Wenceslaus in East Baltimore.Read More
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO MADRID – Pope Benedict XVI described the World Youth Day celebrations as a “waterfall of light” that refreshes, nourishes and strengthens young Catholics and, therefore, can bring hope to the world.Read More