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• Catholic leaders call on Congress to increase humanitarian aid in budget

  

  Published December 1, 2016

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—The head of Catholic Relief Services and the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees have urged congressional leaders to approve additional funding for humanitarian relief and recovery operations as part of a comprehensive budget measure for fiscal 2017. The Catholic leaders wrote a letter Nov. 28 in support of a request by the Obama […] Full Story

• Archbishop calls for bishops’ racism statement, given election tension

  

  By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
  Published November 17, 2016

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—Earlier this year, as communities faced tensions, protests and violence, following a spate of shooting and killings of black men by police, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, of Louisville, Kentucky, as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, asked dioceses across the country to observe a day of prayer for peace. He also wanted the […] Full Story

• USCCB elects new officers, committee chairs, including Atlanta’s archbishop

  

  By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
  Published November 26, 2015

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—The U.S. bishops Nov. 17 elected Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield as the new general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He has been associate general secretary of the conference for five years, working alongside the current general secretary, Msgr. Ronny Jenkins, whose term is ending. Msgr. Bransfield, a Philadelphia archdiocesan priest, will […] Full Story

• Bishop disturbed by calls to end resettlement of Syrian refugees in U.S.

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published November 26, 2015

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—The head of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration said he was disturbed by calls from federal and state officials for an end to the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States. “These refugees are fleeing terror themselves—violence like we have witnessed in Paris,” said Seattle Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, chairman of the […] Full Story

• Pope Francis arrives in U.S. to begin three-city visit

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published September 23, 2015

  JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (CNS)—Pope Francis arrived in the United States the late afternoon of Sept. 22 to begin his first apostolic journey as pontiff. His plane, an Alitalia jetliner, touched down at Joint Base Andrews near Washington at 3:51 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, nine minutes ahead of schedule. In the minutes before and after […] Full Story

• Priests in U.S., Canada can already absolve women who had abortions

  

  By NANCY O'BRIEN, Catholic News Service
  Published September 10, 2015

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—Pope Francis’ Sept. 1 announcement that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have little effect on pastoral practices in the United States and Canada, including the Archdiocese of Atlanta, where most priests already have such authority in the sacrament of reconciliation. “It is my understanding that […] Full Story

• Catholics join efforts to heal, clean up, move forward in Baltimore

  

  By CHRISTOPHER GUNTY and ERIK ZYGMONT, Catholic News Service
  Published April 30, 2015

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—As the city cleaned up after a night of riots, looting and fires following the funeral of Freddie Gray, Archbishop William E. Lori said the church’s place is to pray, be a voice for peace, and participate in a wider community dialogue to solve the systemic issues that led to the unrest. Gray, 25, […] Full Story

• Millions could benefit from president’s new immigration actions

  By PATRICIA ZAPOR, Catholic News Service
  Published November 27, 2014

  HYATTSVILLE, Md. (CNS)—The meeting room in the middle of Maryland’s most immigrant-dense ZIP code Nov. 20 was full of people who epitomize the problems President Barack Obama is trying to address with executive action. Families with roots in Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala—some with U.S. citizen children, some with one adult child who has legal […] Full Story

• Bishops OK liturgy items, endorse sainthood cause, hold elections

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published November 13, 2014

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—Though there were no actions on the U.S. bishops’ agenda in Baltimore dealing with immigration, poverty and other public policy issues, the president of their conference said Nov. 11 that he hopes to meet with President Barack Obama and House and Senate leaders soon on several topics. In a brief comment during the annual […] Full Story

• Texas nurse released from NIH, thanks God and doctors for recovery

  

  Published October 30, 2014

  BETHESDA, Md. (CNS)—Nina Pham, a Dallas nurse who was the first person known to have contracted the Ebola virus in the United States, thanked God, her family and her medical team for her recovery Oct. 24. Pham held a news conference in Bethesda after she was declared virus-free and released from the National Institutes of […] Full Story

• Box Obama gave pope points to history of U.S. Catholicism, says priest

  By MARIA WIERING, Catholic News Service
  Published April 3, 2014

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—The use of wood from Baltimore’s basilica to construct a “seed chest” President Barack Obama gave to Pope Francis March 27 points to the history of American Catholicism and Baltimore’s role in it, said Msgr. Arthur Valenzano, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “I’m […] Full Story

• Book review: Candid tale of parish’s conversion offers valuable insights for others

  By DANIEL S. MULHALL, Catholic News Service
  Published February 6, 2014

  The Church of the Nativity is located in northern Baltimore. “Rebuilt: The Story of a Catholic Parish” tells how the parish has been transformed from a typically lethargic suburban parish with weekly Mass attendance of 1,400 into an evangelical Catholic mega-church with weekly Mass attendance of more than 4,000. Written by Father Michael White, pastor, […] Full Story

• Bishops elect new leaders, approve liturgical texts, discuss relief aid

  

  Published November 22, 2013

  BALTIMORE (CNS)—The U.S. bishops at their fall general assembly in Baltimore elected new leaders, discussed taking a second collection in their dioceses for typhoon relief in the Philippines, reviewed efforts to defend traditional marriage and religious liberty, and approved development of a statement on the dangers of pornography. They also passed a number of liturgical […] Full Story

• World War II vet says time as POW of Nazis deepened his Catholic faith

  

  By GEORGE P. MATYSEK JR., Catholic News Service
  Published November 7, 2013

  DUNDALK, Md. (CNS)—U.S. Army Air Corps Cpl. Leo Wojciechowski had just unloaded bombs targeting the Blechhammer synthetic oil refinery on the Nazi-occupied Czech-Polish border when he felt his B-24 shudder. Anti-aircraft fire had struck the nose gunner’s plane during the Aug. 7, 1944, mission, causing it to lose speed and altitude as gasoline flooded the […] Full Story

• Mercy Sister Mary Brian Anderson Dies

  Published April 28, 2011

  Sister Mary Brian Anderson, a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, who was a nurse and administrator of several health care institutions in Baltimore and Atlanta, died April 16 at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Baltimore. She was 87. Born in Madison, Lillian Anderson was the daughter of the late Allen J. and Odessa […] Full Story

• Archbishop Kicks Off Baltimore Lecture Series

  By CHRISTOPHER GUNTY, Special To the Bulletin
  Published March 18, 2010

  Noting that American society places a high importance on relationships, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory kicked off the John Carroll Lecture Series with a talk on the connections between bishops and their priests. “(W)hen bishops and priests are in right relationships, the People of God are better attended and more faithfully served by a clergy that […] Full Story

• At Assembly, Bishops Focus On Life, Economy

  By CNS
  Published November 20, 2008

  Fears about laws and changes in regulations on abortion that might advance under a new Democratic-run Congress and White House are the central focus of a statement approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12 during its annual fall meeting. The majority of the 830-word, untitled statement focuses on concerns about the possible […] Full Story

• NCEA Conference Includes Awards For Atlanta Schools

  Published May 17, 2007

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta celebrated excellence in education at the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) Conference held April 10-13. More than 10,000 Catholic educators from around the country attended the conference, which featured approximately 400 sessions and workshops. Karen Vogtner, principal of St. John the Evangelist School in Hapeville, was honored at the opening banquet […] Full Story

• 2005 Marks 30th Year Of Operation Rice Bowl

  Published February 10, 2005

  This Lent marks the 30th anniversary of Operation Rice Bowl, a seven-week program of prayer, fasting, learning and giving through which U.S. Catholics contribute millions of dollars each year to alleviate poverty and hunger at home and abroad. In an announcement released from its Baltimore headquarters, Catholic Relief Services, which sponsors the program, said millions […] Full Story