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
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
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
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
As a resident on a limited income at Catholic Charities’ Basilica Place Apartments Senior Housing facility in Baltimore, 73-year-old Herb Johnson doesn’t have a lot of change to spare.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
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Anxiety is growing in Zimbabwe, where the results of March 29 elections are not yet known and the opposition has claimed a resounding victory over President Robert Mugabe, church officials say.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
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
NEW YORK – U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley, pro-grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher, has been named the recipient of the Christopher Leadership Award by the Christophers.Read More