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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI urged international leaders to tackle global poverty “with courage” when they meet at the United Nations to verify implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

The Church of the Good Shepherd in Glen Burnie will honor long-time Father John L. Kelly Sept. 21 with a farewell picnic. Father Kelly will say his final Mass at the parish at 11:30 a.m. and the celebratory picnic will follow in the back of the church.

VATICAN CITY – In a message to the United Nations, Pope Benedict XVI called for stronger efforts to guarantee economic justice around the globe.

With autumn just around the corner, many are planting mums and asters, replacing impatiens and petunias with pansies and cabbages, feeding trees and shrubs, and cleaning up garden beds.

H.O.P.E., Inc., a nonprofit organization which has furnished the homes of needy families while providing clothing and other supplies since 2004, will lose its chief storage warehouse by the end of October.

WASHINGTON – Earlier this summer, a federal court told the Federal Communications Commission that it was wrong to fine CBS over the 2004 Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction” in which singer Janet Jackson’s breast was exposed. Last year, another federal court struck down the FCC’s “fleeting indecency” standard when the FCC levied fines against networks for obscene language on live programs.