EMMITSBURG – Father Brian Nolan tossed a Frisbee that floated above the grass of Echo Field on the campus of Mount St. Mary’s University June 30. A group of teens grasped for the disc with a fervor that matched the atmosphere of the day.Read More
WASHINGTON – Father John A. Corapi was involved in “years of cohabitation” with a former prostitute, repeated abuse of alcohol and drugs and “serious violation” of his promise of poverty, according to a fact-finding team appointed by his religious order.Read More
WASHINGTON – As two Kansas abortion clinics prepared to close their doors because of new licensing requirements that took effect July 1, a federal judge blocked enforcement of a South Dakota law mandating a 72-hour waiting period and setting several informed consent provisions.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said persistent world hunger was a “tragedy” driven by selfish and profit-driven economic models, whose first victims are millions of children deprived of life or good health.Read More
WASHINGTON ¬ We use our TVs for more than watching TV. There are DVDs (and, for the hardy holdouts, VHS tapes), and time-shifting and on-demand options in the new digital age.Read More
WASHINGTON – Excessive speculation in crude oil futures on the part of financial traders added 83 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline in May, two University of Massachusetts professors reported.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The most amusing headline to greet Cardinal Angelo Scola’s appointment as archbishop of Milan appeared in a British newspaper: “Pro-Vatican cardinal to head Milan church.”Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican announced what it called the “sensational discovery” of an early image of St. Paul on the frescoed wall of a catacomb in Naples.Read More