BARNSTABLE, Mass. – Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died Aug. 11, was “a woman of ardent faith and generous public service” in her work with the developmentally and physically disabled, said Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States.Read More

Remembered for his love of basketball and his zest for life, the late Bob Flynn will be honored at a memorial dinner on Sept. 15 at McDaniel College where legendary coaches and Flynn’s personal mentors, including Morgan Wooten and Jim Phelan, will be on hand to pay tribute to their friend and colleague.Read More

GALLUP, N.M. – Bishop Donald E. Pelotte of Gallup has been released from a Houston hospital that specializes in traumatic brain injuries and is continuing his recuperation in Florida, said a diocesan official.Read More

Rejecting a plea from Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Maryland Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes voted against an amendment to a health care reform bill July 30 that would have prohibited any mandated abortion coverage, except in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening danger to the mother.Read More

WASHINGTON – Mexican immigration to the U.S. has continued to dwindle this year after being down at least 40 percent from 2005 to 2008, according to a July analysis released by the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization.Read More

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Civil rights activists and church groups in Sri Lanka have demanded an independent and impartial inquiry with international participation into last year’s disappearance of a Catholic priest and his companion in troubled Jaffna.Read More

ARLINGTON, Va. – What began as a joke in the kitchen will become a published cookbook this fall and possibly a TV cooking series next fall, said Father Leo Patalinghug, the break-dancing, martial-arts guru who also happens to be a skilled cook. The media project, “Grace Before Meals,” aims to bring families together around the...Read More

LES COMBES, Italy – With his right hand immobilized in a cast, Pope Benedict XVI is using a voice recorder to put down his thoughts and ideas, said the Vatican spokesman.Read More