Economy

How to manage money as a couple
Jan 23 2012
Money Coach Offers Tips for Doing It Right

Job seekers find inspiration on MLK Day
Jan 20 2012
While some took time to relax from their job as the country celebrated the birth of one its most influential civil rights leaders, others not afforded that luxury used the day to try and change their employment status.

Five former US ambassadors to Vatican endorse Romney presidential bid
Jan 13 2012
WASHINGTON – Five former U.S. ambassadors to the Vatican have endorsed Mitt Romney in his campaign to win the Republican nomination for the presidency.

Avoiding damage for poor likely to be 2012 focus of Washington advocates
Jan 08 2012
WASHINGTON – With election-year politics pretty much guaranteed to clog up the process of passing legislation this year even more than partisan posturing did in 2011, Washington wish lists for policy and legislation are brief and heavy on defensive thinking.

Co-workers with God for economic justice
Jan 05 2012
Shall crime bring crime forever Strength aiding still the strong? Is it your will, O Father That men shall toil For wrong? from the musical, “Godspell”

Celebrate the time after Christmas
Jan 05 2012
We Christians get a pretty good deal at Christmas time. We get two Christmas seasons! We get the retail Christmas, the time before Christmas, with all the lights and decorations and songs. This is the season to get people to buy things. It’s sort of a secular season of Advent, but, rather than focusing on the preparing for the coming of Christ, it focuses on buying things.

N.J. nurses don’t have to assist in abortion in new hospital agreement
Jan 03 2012
NEWARK, N.J. – A group of 12 nurses who sued the University Hospital in Newark over a policy requiring them to care for patients before and after abortions can no longer be compelled to assist in these procedures, under an agreement reached in federal court.

For pope, 2011 was year of evangelization, travel and technology
Jan 01 2012
VATICAN CITY – An interfaith meeting in Assisi, a new book on Jesus of Nazareth and a website-launching tap on an iPad were among the highlights of 2011 for Pope Benedict XVI.

Roman Missal voted top news story of 2011; Pope Benedict top newsmaker
Dec 27 2011
WASHINGTON – The introduction of the English translation of the Roman Missal topped the religious news stories of 2011, and Pope Benedict XVI was again the top newsmaker, according to the annual poll conducted by Catholic News Service.

Give all that we have to others
Dec 22 2011
So what do cats and Christmas have in common? Perhaps more than we first think.

Mercy High launches global education center, hears from international leader
Dec 14 2011
Thinking globally isn’t just a catchphrase at Mercy High School. It’s a way of life. That has never been truer, as the school has started a Center for Global Education.

Economic hardship hits nearly all, from individuals to nations
Dec 11 2011
WASHINGTON – It’s not new, but it’s still news: The economy remains in a funk. Not just in the United States, but it has spread to many nations around the world.

25 years after ‘Economic Justice for All,’ pastoral still stirs debate
Dec 09 2011
WASHINGTON – When the pastoral letter “Economic Justice for All” was published by the U.S. bishops in November 1986, its release was both the culmination of years of work and the beginning of a sometimes heated public debate.

City pastors want to help clear the streets of guns
Nov 29 2011
Monsignor Damien Nalepa and Father Peter Lyons are never giving up on Baltimore City and they want everyone else to have that faith as well.

Pro-life New Jersey nurses sue hospital over new policy on abortions
Nov 29 2011
WASHINGTON – Confronted with what one called “a choice between our faith and our jobs,” 12 nurses are suing University Hospital in Newark, N.J., over a new policy requiring them to care for patients before and after abortions, even if they have religious or moral objections to abortion.