MARKTL AM INN, Germany - A spray-painted message discovered April 13 on the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI in southern Germany was quickly painted over, police said.Read More
VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the papal vicar of Rome since 2008, has defended his handling of an accusation of sexual abuse by a priest several years ago.Read More
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican newspaper has hailed the new U.S.-Russia disarmament treaty as a “significant and courageous step toward international security.”Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien reacted strongly against comments made by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa that seemed to link criticism of the Catholic Church’s handling of the clergy sexual abuse scandal with anti-Semitism.Read More
NEW ORLEANS – First came the noise, like a rush of wind. The next thing Sister Analise Jean Simon knew she was flat on the floor, with a collapsed ceiling and light bulbs pressed against her face.Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – Pubs in the Irish city of Limerick will open their doors and serve beer for the first time on Good Friday after a landmark court case.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien is asking Catholics of the Archdiocese of Baltimore to pray for Archbishop William D. Borders, who is battling colon cancer and receiving hospice care at his home. Archbishop Borders, 96, led the Baltimore archdiocese from 1974 to 1989, when he retired. Pope Paul VI appointed Archbishop Borders to be the founding...Read More
VATICAN CITY – A priest who confesses sexual abuse in the sacrament of penance should be absolved and should generally not be encouraged by the confessor to disclose his acts publicly or to his superiors, a Vatican official said.Read More
LASIK surgery still can sound intimidating to a lot of people. The procedure involves cutting a flap into a person's cornea so a laser can be used to vaporize part of the cornea's midsection. The surgery permanently changes the shape of the clear section of the front of the eye in order to eliminate or...Read More
A way for members of the archdiocese to prevent more school closings is for the more affluent to lend money interest free for a given amount of time. For example, a person could lend $10,000 for five or 10 years interest free. At the end of that time, at the lender’s request, that amount would...Read More
As the wife of a deceased assistant principal, a teacher there for 10 years myself, the mother of two Cardinal Gibbons graduates who received an outstanding preparation for their place in this world and the mother of the cheerleading mascot, who is now Sister Jane Frances, a Nashville Dominican, I say:Read More