SPECIAL REPORT: Baltimore has special connection to popularizing devotion to the Infant of Prague July 14, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, News, World News Every year, more than 1 million pilgrims from around the globe travel to the Czech Republic, praying in front of the Infant of Prague. They carry on a practice that stretches back hundreds of years.
Father Corapi says he won’t leave Montana to live with order in Texas July 11, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Father John Corapi said he will not follow the order of his religious superior to leave his home in Montana to live in community with his fellow priests.
Order accuses Father Corapi of sexual, financial wrongdoing, falsehoods July 11, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Father John A. Corapi was involved in “years of cohabitation” with a former prostitute, repeated abuse of alcohol and drugs and “serious violation” of his promise of poverty, according to a fact-finding team appointed by his religious order.
Order ‘saddened’ by Father Corapi’s decision to leave priesthood June 22, 2011By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity said it was “saddened” that Father John Corapi, one of the most visible members of its order, has decided to leave the order and the priesthood.
Father Corapi, a popular preacher, put on administrative leave March 22, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Father John Corapi, a popular author and preacher who has had speaking engagements all over the world, has been placed on administrative leave from priestly ministry over an accusation of misconduct.
Mark Twain’s autobiography renews debate: Was he anti-Christian? January 6, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, News, World News “There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing and predatory … ours is a terrible religion.”
Couple celebrates birth of twin girls doctors had advised they abort February 25, 2010By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Their births made medical history as 29-year-old Stephania became the first known heart transplant recipient in the world to give birth to healthy twins.
Pietro Canzi, St. Dominic parishioner, prays for brother’s canonization May 7, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Saints, Vatican, World News “He was a good, good boy,” said Mr. Canzi, pausing to compose himself as his eyes moistened and his voice cracked. “I know he was a saint. I know his day will come.”
Vatican astronomer says if aliens exist, they may not need redemption May 22, 2008By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News If aliens exist, they may be a different life form that does not need Christ’s redemption, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said.
Scalia: Constitution is not a living document February 19, 2007By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that the Constitution is not a living document and should not be rewritten each year by the unelected justices of the Supreme Court.
Catholic actor Peter Boyle dies at age 71 December 14, 2006By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Peter Boyle, who was once a Christian Brother before he pursued a career in acting, died Dec. 12 at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Boyle, 71, had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease.
Cardinal Turkson says African Catholics have numbers, but faith must mature May 26, 2005By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, World News “It is true that the church in Africa is thriving,” Cardinal Turkson said. “But we also have had a certain type of catechesis that is not too deep. Traditional cultures and values are not too radically transformed by the values of the Gospel. We need a more deeply rooted experience of conversion.”
