LIMA, Peru – The ongoing nuclear plant disaster in Japan raises not only environmental and health issues, but ethical questions about energy use and the future of nuclear power, according to Catholic scholars and other ethicists.Read More

Shoulders shrugged when some Loyola University Maryland students were told that a reporter wanted to talk to them about Millennials.Read More

A bill that would more tightly regulate Maryland abortion clinics appears stalled in the General Assembly. Lawmakers are instead relying on the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to review how clinics are regulated.Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Even though it was just practice, Chery Sequel shot the ball, got down on his knee, pointed a finger and shouted “Scooooooooore!”Read More

PHOENIX – The Arizona Senate voted down five immigration bills March 17 that proponents argued would crack down on illegal immigration even further than last year’s S.B. 1070, which is still hung up by court challenges.Read More

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Father John Corapi, a popular author and preacher who has had speaking engagements all over the world, has been placed on administrative leave from priestly ministry over an accusation of misconduct.Read More

WASHINGTON – The publication of a recent booklet about a “Catholic approach” to same-sex marriage by New Ways Ministry prompted the chairmen of two bishops’ committees to reaffirm a year-old statement that the organization cannot be considered a Catholic group.Read More

PORTLAND, Ore. – In the morning cold of a farmhouse in the foothills of the Cascades, his hand is stiff as he grasps the broad-edged pen. His eyes have aged. But the 78-year-old priest and calligraphy master plans to write until he dies.Read More