WASHINGTON – Monsignor Stephen Rossetti is out to correct the myth that the typical Catholic priest is “a lonely, dispirited figure living an unhealthy life that breeds sexual deviation,” as a writer for the Harford Courant once put it. And he’s got the data to prove it.Read More

ONNA, Italy – In a visit aimed at strengthening people’s faith and hope for the future, Pope Benedict XVI called for concrete and immediate measures to rebuild towns and villages devastated by a deadly earthquake.Read More

The Respect for Life Committee at St. Thomas Aquinas in Hampden was banned from having a table at this year’s Sept. 10 Hampdenfest after festival organizers said they had received complaints that the group had set up “graphic displays” in previous years.Read More

KENNER, La. – President Barack Obama is a “very gracious and obviously a very smart man” but he is on the “wrong side of history” when it comes to his fervent support of abortion rights, Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George told the 2009 Louisiana Priests Convention April 21.Read More

VATICAN CITY – A Vatican official told members of the International Atomic Energy Agency that this year’s nuclear disaster in Japan has raised new concerns about the safety of nuclear plants around the world.Read More

St. Joseph, Cockeysville, parishioner Allis Kensing wanted to be a nurse for as long as she can remember.Read More

As his May 17, 2003 ordination approached, Deacon Michael L. Flamini knew he was fulfilling a lifelong calling.Read More

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend said he was not opposed to “peaceful” demonstrations against the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Barack Obama to speak at this year’s commencement.Read More