Phil Anastasia: Camden Catholic announces search committee for FB coach
Camden Catholic on Monday announced the formation of a seven-person search committee to begin the process of selecting a new football coach. The school announced there are 13 applicants to replace former coach Rick Brown, who was fired May 10.

Ohio priest convicted in nun’s death making appeal
JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio A Roman Catholic priest is returning to an Ohio courthouse for the first time since being convicted of murder for strangling and stabbing a nun. The Rev. Gerald Robinson is trying to overturn the verdict that has kept him locked up since 2006. Robinson and his lawyers are to appear at a hearing Friday in Toledo where they’re expected to argue that newly …

A Local Life: Luis Gonzalez, 77, D.C.’s maestro of mariachi
As a 9-year-old hanging out on the streets of Mexico City, Luis Gonzalez taught himself to play the vihuela, a Mexican five-string guitar. He gradually moved into restaurants and cabarets in Guadalajara, specializing in bright and bouncy mariachi music. By the early 1960s, he was working in Washington after following his older sister Angelina, who worked as a caregiver for the Mexican ambassador …

OLM track makes school history
Members of the Our Lady of Malibu School “B” division track and field team, made up of fifth and sixth graders, made school history by placing fourth at the Catholic Youth Organization Track and Field Championships at Serra High School in Gardena April 19. The Bull Dogs, the smallest team in the finals, competed against 70 other schools and more than 2,500 athletes to earn two silver medals and …

Religious tolerance trumps Catholic roots
Is DePaul a Catholic school? Of course, sort of. DePaul University is a Catholic institution, and its student body-made up of 16,052 undergraduates, 8,017 graduate students and 1,076 law students, according to the college’s website-is well aware of its religious identity.

Syracuse Diocese saves on energy costs
The Syracuse Roman Catholic Diocese expects to save more than $165,000 annually on its energy bills.

Church abuse scandal not cause by celibacy says study
A new study by the U.S. Conference of Bishops argues that neither celibacy nor homosexuality can be blamed for the clerical abuse scandal within the U.S. Catholic Church.

Roundup: Redcoats keep on winning
BERLIN — The Redcoats have risen to fourth in the state after a 4-3 victory over Northwest Catholic Thursday.

Study: Homosexuality, celibacy didn’t cause abuse
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers commissioned by the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops to analyze the pattern of clergy sex abuse have concluded that homosexuality , celibacy and an all-male priesthood did not cause the scandal. The study by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York instead said that the …

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