WASHINGTON – When Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Laufer, chaplain assistant with the 42nd Air Base Wing, was named one of 12 outstanding airmen of the year by the Air Force Association, she said the honor was not only personal, but a tribute to the work of military chaplains.Read More

PHOENIX – When Aimee was 13 years old, her mother kicked her out of the house.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI met with a key official of the Russian Orthodox Church amid signs of a significant improvement in relations.Read More

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – The special role of priests should be kept distinct from that of lay people even in parts of the world where there is a shortage of ordained clergy, Pope Benedict XVI told Brazilian bishops.Read More

WASHINGTON – Seventeen parents of children with disabilities gathered on Capitol Hill Sept. 15 to speak out against proposed government health care reform plans that they said could mean the difference between life and death for their children by limiting access to doctors and rationing health care.Read More

Serving at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, I have the privilege of living with priests and seminarians from all over our country. Currently, we have a house of more than 200 seminar­ians and 70 priests from all across our land. In addition, the city of Rome has a wide variety of national colleges...Read More

Archbishop O’Brien’s column (CR, Sept. 10) describes the third Kennedy brother, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, as a “pro-abortion poster boy,” and suggests that in death he might now intercede for America, “if granted Paradise.” By contrast, Cardinal O’Malley of Boston (CR, Sept. 10), in reflecting on the life and political career of Sen. Kennedy, stated:...Read More

What if we had to apply for the job of being a parent the same way we apply for other jobs? Here’s a sample job description that one parent sent to me. It may be one of the funniest things I’ve ever read:Read More