WASHINGTON – Robert Novak, a longtime syndicated columnist and political commentator who joined the Catholic Church in 1998, died at his home in Washington early Aug. 18 after battling brain cancer for more than a year.Read More

VATICAN CITY – When Pope Benedict XVI visits the United States this spring, he will not be stepping into the unknown. Through his many personal contacts with American church leaders and papal diplomats, his past trips to the U.S. and his ability to remember much of what he hears and reads, Pope Benedict has his...Read More

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend has criticized the University of Notre Dame for once again allowing an on-campus production of “The Vagina Monologues,” a play that explicitly discusses women’s sexuality.Read More

One year after the Archdiocese of Baltimore hit a 20-year high in the number of men accepted as priesthood candidates, the archdiocese has accepted eight newcomers for the 2009-10 academic year.Read More

WASHINGTON – Judge Sonia Sotomayor will become the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court, after the Senate confirmed her appointment Aug. 6 by a 68-31 vote.Read More

St. Frances Academy student Sean Mosley did what he does best – help lead the Panthers to another win in the Baltimore Catholic League’s 37th-anniversary tournament title.Read More

ROME -- The Sri Lankan navy has confiscated permanent housing that a Jesuit aid agency had built for refugees affected by the country's civil war.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Even though taking the abortion pill RU-486 may be less traumatic than a surgical abortion, it still involves the taking of an innocent human life, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.Read More