Monsignor Bastress reflects on 60 years in priesthood: ‘We’re brothers’

Sixty years have passed, but images of Monsignor Arthur W. Bastress’ ordination flood back to him.
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Mount event draws more than 200 youths

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.
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Order accuses Father Corapi of sexual, financial wrongdoing, falsehoods

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.
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Local parishes pray for priests as pope celebrates ordination

GLYNDON – Future priests were very much on the minds of worshippers at Sacred Heart, Glyndon, July 1.
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New abortion laws take effect, questions loom on Medicaid funding

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.
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Notre Dame reveals new logo

As it nears a September change to a university designation, College of Notre Dame of Maryland has revealed its new logo.
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Pope says selfish economic models at root of world hunger

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.
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West Point chaplains feel ‘sense of privilege’ in ministering to cadets

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Augustinian Father Edson Wood has a campus ministry assignment like none other.
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Update: Court strikes down state’s ban on sale of violent video games

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.
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Study finds financial speculation in oil led to higher gasoline prices

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.
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Conclave conjecture: Milan appointment triggers ‘papabile’ speculation

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.”
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Another ancient image of St. Paul discovered in catacomb

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.
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