Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has permanently revoked Monsignor Thomas Bevan’s faculties to function as a priest as a result of what the archbishop called “credible allegations of child sexual abuse made against him.”Read More

After decades of keeping a painful secret, D. Wayne Coffey has stepped forward to tell the story of how an uncle sexually abused him for years beginning at age 5. “No More Stolen Childhoods,” a newly released book by the Sacred Heart, Glyndon, parishioner, is an attempt to educate the public about child abuse and...Read More

On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court in the Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in the United States. Since that date, 49 million babies have been killed legally in our country. The court’s decision has divided us as a nation. The debate over abortion continues to rage. In every debate there is a key...Read More

The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a revision to the directives that guide Catholic health care facilities, clarifying that patients with chronic conditions who are not imminently dying should receive food and water by “medically assisted” means if they cannot take them normally.Read More

WASHINGTON - Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop Jerome E. Listecki of La Crosse, Wis., to be the archbishop of Milwaukee and Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Harrisburg, Pa., to be the bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind.Read More

Looking ahead to the 88th meeting of two, top-level, local football teams this Thanksgiving for the annual Turkey Bowl, one wonders: Can the Dons make it five wins in a row?Read More

At a time when many Catholic schools are struggling to maintain their enrollment, the number of registered students at St. Mary of the Assumption School in Govans has zoomed to 170 – a 40 percent increase from last year.Read More

Exactly 169 years after the first Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur arrived in Cincinnati to establish schools in the U.S., the sisters from the Ohio Province officially welcomed members of the congregation’s Maryland Province as the two provinces completed a merger Oct. 31.Read More