While polishing off chicken and large baked potatoes smothered in sour cream, Peter and John Hill seemed absorbed in the ever-changing conversation at their table that touched on everything from indulgences to the merits of the Latin language.Read More
Father Leo Patalinghug is not the kind of guy who steps down from a challenge. The 39-year-old priest is a former national full-contact stick fighting champion, a black belt in tae kwon do and an 80s break dancer who can still bust the moves with the best of them.Read More
WASHINGTON – Even some of the bishops were in the standing-room sections on the South Lawn of the White House waiting for Pope Benedict XVI to arrive.Read More
WASHINGTON – A vote to permit the ordination of homosexuals in committed monogamous relationships for the United States’ largest Lutheran denomination may provoke a rift among its members and leaders.Read More
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. – Hundreds of military personnel and their families and dozens of students from a nearby Catholic high school perched on bleachers set up at the edge of the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base to greet Pope Benedict XVI on his first U.S. visit as pope.Read More
WASHINGTON – Two participants in a nationwide teleconference organized by religious organizations that are supporting health care reform said they were optimistic that legislation will pass this year and that they don’t believe government funding of abortion will be a part of the bill.Read More
While Father Louis Bianco is certainly in tune with parish life at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, where he serves as associate pastor, the priest is also instrumental in other ways.Read More
CARACAS, Venezuela – An education bill signed into law in mid-August by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will remove religious education from the nation’s schools, said Caracas Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino.Read More
The 2007 defending IAAM A Conference lacrosse champions, the John Carroll Patriots, are on a roll this spring, and their season just keeps getting better and better.Read More
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, Dr. Pedro Jose Greer Jr., who provides health care for the poor and homeless, dancer and actress Chita Rivera and former Irish President Mary Robinson, all Catholics, were among 16 people honored Aug. 12 with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.Read More
VATICAN CITY – In a videotaped message, Pope Benedict XVI said he wants to bring a message of Christian hope to all Americans and to the United Nations when he visit in mid-April.Read More
WHEELING, W.Va. – Jesuit Father Julio Giulietti was relieved of his position as president of Wheeling Jesuit University Aug. 6 in a decision made by the university’s board of trustees, which consists of Jesuit priests.Read More