TRENTON, N.J. – In scores of news photographs documenting David Goldman’s legal quest to bring his young son home to New Jersey from Brazil, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., was a frequent presence.Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has learned of three allegations of sexual misconduct against Father John Wielebski, 62, pastor at Resurrection of Our Lord Church in Laurel. All of the allegations are related to acts which allegedly occurred in the mid-late 1980s while he was serving at St. Dominic Church, Baltimore, and the Monsignor Clare J....Read More

VATICAN CITY – A cartoon in the January edition of an Italian Jewish newspaper showed Pope Benedict XVI crossing the Tiber River on a tightrope, trying to balance himself using a pole labeled “dialogue” on one end and “conversion” on the other.Read More

McALLEN, Texas – Throughout his childhood, David Calvillo’s mother urged him to pray the rosary but he admits the recommendation went in one ear and out the other.Read More

WASHINGTON – Retired Bishop Donald E. Pelotte of Gallup, N.M., the first American Indian bishop in the United States, died Jan. 7 at a Florida hospital. He was 64.Read More

WASHINGTON – Pro-life activists flocking to the nation’s capital for the 37th March for Life Jan. 22 will be buoyed by recent polls that say they are among the majority of Americans who identify themselves as pro-life.Read More

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The Archdiocese of Vancouver is warming up for its own type of Olympic event. However, it won’t take place on ice or snow; it will be on the streets of the city.Read More

On Christmas Eve I attended the 4 p.m. vigil Mass at a church in Bethesda, in the Archdiocese of Washington. I have never seen so many people acting so badly in one place. Before Mass a teenager stood in the middle of church, texting on a cell phone while maintaining a conversation with the adult...Read More