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Pope picks Boston priest to oversee sex abuse cases

December 23, 2012, 8:50 am
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Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday appointed as the Vatican's new sex crimes prosecutor a priest who handled clergy sexual abuse cases in the Roman Catholic Church in Boston at the height of the scandal and for years afterward.

In a May photo, Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's Square with his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein and then-butler Paolo Gabriele, bottom, whom he pardoned on Saturday.
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Rancho Cordova living nativity scene puts faith into action

December 25, 2012, 12:00 am
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Under a hazy sliver of moon, after a cold day of rain and wind, Mary and Joseph and the Three Wise Men gathered Saturday on Zinfandel Drive.

Martha Haas, second from left, daughter of pageant founder Alice Haas, plays Mary in this year's Nativity scene with her husband, Steve Kremesec, center, as Joseph and their daughter Isabelle, on the stable roof, as an angel. The Three Wise Men watch.

Alice Haas, left, and Barbara Leard help prepare a meal for the homeless at United Methodist Church in Rancho Cordova. For Haas, the living Nativity scene she started supervising in 1981 is a reminder that the church's work begins at Christmas.

Alice Haas, left, and Florence Harmor prepare a meal for the homeless. Haas has been a driving force behind United Methodist Church's outreach to the needy.
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Marcos Breton: For Catholicism or baseball, human flaws test devotion

December 30, 2012, 12:00 am
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It's not easy being a Catholic and a lover of major league baseball, two institutions that have lifted me up as they've fallen from grace.

Marcos Breton
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Anne Frank's 'posthumous' stepsister to speak in Rocklin

January 16, 2013, 8:06 am
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When the Anne Frank exhibit came to London for the first time in 1986, Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss was unexpectedly asked to speak.

Eva Schloss was Anne Frank's childhood playmate. Both were imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Schloss now educates people about the Holocaust.
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Baseball mystery -- How did bible with players' signatures end up in library bin?

January 26, 2013, 12:00 am
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Joanne Murphy knew something was unusual when she opened up an old Bible last week. The holy book turned up among the tens of thousands of materials donated to the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library each year.

A Bible signed by 30 players from the 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates, and manager Fred Haney, sits in the Sacramento shop of book restorer Joanne Murphy this week months after being donated to the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library.

Book restorer Joanne Murphy holds the Bible signed by the 1953 Pirates, and inscribed for the team's general manager, the legendary Branch Rickey.


Joe Garagiola is of the more famous players who signed the Bible.
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Sacramento interfaith council to celebrate 100th anniversary

January 30, 2013, 12:00 am
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The Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento, a group dedicated to fostering understanding and cooperation among people of different religious backgrounds, will mark its 100th anniversary Monday with a special celebration of the interfaith partnerships built in Sacramento over the past century.
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Revered Fatima statue comes to West Sacramento church

February 10, 2013, 1:59 pm
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Hundreds of Catholic faithful made their way before a traveling statue of Our Lady of Fatima on Thursday to offer up personal prayers, but also some for the world.

The Rev. Miguel Betancourt, a retired Catholic priest, prays Thursday afternoon alongside the statue of Our Lady of Fatima during its visit to Holy Cross Parish in West Sacramento. Betancourt was in Spain in 1947 when the statue first started touring the world. It will be available for viewing until noon today at Holy Cross Parish.

The statue will be available for viewing until noon today at Holy Cross Parish.

Statue of Our Lady of Fatima
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Pope draws tears, applause

February 14, 2013, 12:00 am
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI presided over Ash Wednesday services, his final public Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica, thanking the faithful for their support during his nearly eight-year pontificate, which will end Feb. 28 when he becomes the first pope to resign in almost 600 years.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful at the Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. The pope said he had made his decision to step down "in full freedom for the good of the church."
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Many cultures celebrate Lunar New Year

February 16, 2013, 12:00 am
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More than 115,000 people in the Sacramento area can trace their ancestry to one of the cultures – Chinese, Vietnamese, Iu Mien and others – that celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Trina Tran sculpts balloons into a dragon that will decorate a float in today's parade. The event celebrates Lunar New Year and heralds the city's recognition of Little Saigon as Sacramento's first official ethnic neighborhood.

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Papal candidates quietly emerge

February 17, 2013, 12:00 am
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There is no formal nominating process for choosing the man to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, and campaigning for oneself is counterproductive.

Robert Cohen St. Louis Post Dispatch Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, right, confers with St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson last month. Dolan has been mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed Pope Benedict XV1.
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Reports swirl, clouding papal conclave

February 24, 2013, 8:54 am
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As cardinals from around the world begin arriving in Rome for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI, new shadows have fallen over the delicate transition, which the Vatican fears might influence the vote and with it the direction of the Roman Catholic Church.

L'Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI prays in the Vatican on Saturday. The Vatican assailed the flurry of "often unverified, unverifiable or completely false news stories" before the conclave to elect Benedict's successor.
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130-year-old Roseville church's founding to be commemorated this week

February 26, 2013, 9:32 am
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When the First Methodist Church in Roseville opened 130 years ago, even the bars stopped serving to pay their respects.

The dedication of the Methodist house of worship on March 4, 1883, was marked by saloons closing for the day and bar keeps donating $900 to the congregation.
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Past haunts cardinals before vote

February 27, 2013, 12:00 am
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The sudden resignation of the most senior Catholic cardinal in Britain, who stepped aside Monday in the face of accusations that he made unwanted sexual advances toward priests years ago, showed that the impact of scandal could force a cardinal out of participating in the selection of a new pope.

Oded Balilty Associated Press Workers construct a stage for the media Tuesday in anticipation of Pope Benedict XVI's last scheduled public audience today at St. Peter's Square in Rome. As cardinals prepare to pick his successor, addressing clergy sexual abuse is a priority, church analysts say.
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Pope holds final general audience before his retirement

February 27, 2013, 8:39 pm
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They packed St. Peter's Square when he was named the new pope, and they came again by the thousands to see him off.

Pope Benedict XVI speaks to tens of thousands of pilgrims and well-wishers during his final general audience Wednesday, February 27, 2013, the eve of his retirement as leader of the world's Roman Catholics at St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.
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Obituary: Rev. Colin Macdonald, former vice principal of Christian Brothers High School

March 1, 2013, 12:00 am
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The Rev. Colin Macdonald, a Catholic priest who led a fast-growing Roseville parish and oversaw construction of one of the biggest churches in the Sacramento Diocese, died Feb. 22 at 75.

The Rev. Colin Macdonald stands in St. Clare Catholic Church in Roseville shortly before its completion in 2002. The Rev. Macdonald died Feb. 22 of injuries suffered in a fall.
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Roseville church celebrates 130th birthday

March 2, 2013, 12:00 am
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When the First United Methodist Church in Roseville opened 130 years ago, even the bars stopped serving to pay their respects.

Weston Hulse, a member of the First United Methodist Church in Roseville, patrols the grounds for litter on Friday. The church was dedicated on March 4, 1883.

Donna Damman prepares old photo albums that were displayed Friday evening at a dinner celebrating First United Methodist Church's birthday.

First United Methodist Church has served Roseville for 130 years. The land was donated by the wife of a railroad pioneer.
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Benedict move may reshape papacy

March 3, 2013, 12:00 am
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VATICAN CITY – The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, who last week renounced what for nearly 600 years has been a lifelong office, will reverberate for years to come and could change the nature of the modern papacy, starting with the election of his successor.

Mark Baker Associated Press file, 2008 Cardinal George Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, seen at a news conference for World Youth Day in Australia in 2008, said in a recent interview that he worries Pope Benedict's resignation could prompt those who disagree with a pope to "mount a future campaign to get him to resign."

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Sacramento clergy leaders seek tax funds to battle gangs

March 9, 2013, 12:17 am
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Despite his good grades, his athletic prowess and what his mother described as his "good spirit," DeAndre Ellison couldn't resist the magnetic pull of south Sacramento's gang life.

Clergy leaders from across Sacramento gathered at City Hall to advocate for more funding to expand the Ceasefire anti-violence program to more communities in the city.
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Analysis: Papal vote pits power blocs

March 11, 2013, 12:00 am
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VATICAN CITY – The cardinals who enter the papal conclave on Tuesday will troop into the Sistine Chapel in single file, but beneath the orderly display, they are split into competing lineups and power blocs that will determine which man among them emerges as pope.

Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley of Boston, who is considered one of the leading American papal candidates, arrives at the church of Santa Maria alla Vittoria in Rome for Mass on Sunday.
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Christian evangelical university in Rocklin to offer biology degree

March 13, 2013, 12:00 am
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Continuing its push to add secular degrees to its theological offerings, Rocklin's William Jessup University will make its first foray into the sciences by offering a biology degree this spring.

William Jessup University, which relocated from San Jose to Rocklin in 2004, is a four-year university offering a liberal-arts education with 13 degree programs. The 125-acre campus has 175,000 square feet of classrooms, a library, administrative offices, a bookstore and residence halls.
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