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January 19, 2012

Priests Don’t Grow on Trees

A bishop once related this true story. There was a certain diocese in the Midwest which received its new bishop. The first thing he did was to make this rule: “Every time I arrive in a parish to do a Confirmation, I would like for the pastor to have five young men, high school aged...
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January 19, 2012

Complexities of immigration

When Arizona passed its recent law about immigrants, emotions flared. People of good will are caught between the truly American sentiment of the rule of law, and the equally American instinct to help the less fortunate and protect the vulnerable.
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January 19, 2012

Bounty in Emmitsburg

It was one of those beautiful days right after Easter. My friend – and mother of my cats– and I decided to make a pilgrimage to Emmitsburg.
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January 19, 2012

The Year of the Priest

A few Sundays ago, St. Peter Claver and St. Pius V parishes celebrated the “Year of the Priest.” Since both parishes are conducted by the Josephite Fathers, Father. Edward Chiffriller, superior general, celebrated the liturgy, accompanied by a host of Josephite priests, brothers and seminarians. At this liturgy, three Josephite seminarians made their final promises...
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January 19, 2012

Springfield Diocese faces $5 million deficit, will eliminate 49 jobs

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – With Springfield Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell’s approval, a reconfiguration plan for the Diocese of Springfield will take effect July 1.
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January 19, 2012

As Korean tensions escalate, Catholic leaders call for prayers

SEOUL, South Korea - Catholic leaders have called for prayers as tensions in the Korean peninsula escalate, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News.
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January 19, 2012

A dissent to ‘church of the Times’

Occasionally, a guest contribution occupies this space. A recent column by Kenneth L. Woodward in the weekly Commonweal struck me as timely and insightful. Given its length, the second part of the article will appear next week.
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January 19, 2012

Justice attorney backs Vatican’s claim of immunity from abuse lawsuit

WASHINGTON – In one of two cases that seek to draw the Holy See into U.S. courts over liability for sexual abuse by priests, the Obama administration’s solicitor general said lower courts were wrong to conclude both that an abuser was acting within “the scope of his employment” and also that as his “employer,” the...
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January 19, 2012

Former Mountain Maryland pastor named military bishop

Pope Benedict XVI named the former pastor of a Western Maryland parish the auxiliary bishop of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services May 22.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican greets development of first synthetic cell with caution

VATICAN CITY – The successful development of a synthetic cell can have many practical applications, but the technology must be regulated, said the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.
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January 19, 2012

Shroud of Turin visit inspires archbishop, pilgrims

TURIN, Italy – A group from the Archdiocese of Baltimore led by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien joined a throng of pilgrims from around the world to see the Shroud of Turin during its 2010 exhibition.
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January 19, 2012

Grateful for archbishop column on immigration

The Archdiocesan Immigration Coalition has been in existence for about two years. We meet monthly at St. Gabriel Church in Woodlawn. We are about 20 people from across the archdiocese, plus representatives from CASA de Maryland and the Episcopal Church.We are writing to thank Archbishop O’Brien for his column (CR, May 6), “Embrace Less Hard-hearted...
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