At the request of retired Pope Benedict XVI, his name will be removed as co-author of a book defending priestly celibacy, said Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Vatican official who coordinated work on the book.Read More

Sens. Benjamin Cardin and Christopher Van Hollen, both Maryland Democrats, joined Archbishop William E. Lori and other local faith leaders to call for increased federal funding to strengthen security at religious sites amid a recent rise in anti-Semitic attacks.Read More

Since marriage and priesthood both demand the total devotion and self-giving of a man to his vocation, "it does not seem possible to realize both vocations simultaneously," retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a new book.Read More

A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Sayers' first five novels touch on the sense of separateness and isolation of Catholic communities in the heavily Protestant U.S. South.Read More

A funeral Mass will be offered Jan. 15 for Franciscan Sister James Frances McGlashen at Assisi House in Aston, Pa.Read More

Thousands have seen the photograph and its impact continues weeks after the priest took the shot.Read More

White boards share wall space with BenQ interactive flat-screen boards that connect to a computer, the Internet or TV, and work with other high-tech tools.Read More

People cannot call themselves Christians if they sow the seeds of war, Pope Francis said.Read More