WASHINGTON -- Regis Philbin, the Catholic talk- and game-show host whose career in television spanned six decades, died July 24 at age 88 of cardiovascular disease at a hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he lived.
Philbin is credited by Guinness...
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Post reached a settlement July 24 with the family of Nicholas Sandmann, the Kentucky Catholic high school student who sued the newspaper last year for defamation over its coverage of an incident that occurred after...
OCEAN CITY, Md. - The Knights of Columbus Council 9053 will be holding takeout seafood dinners on Tuesday nights beginning this week and heading into September.
The Knights will offer steamed crabs, steamed shrimp and other items beginning July 28...
Memory is a treasury of answers. Often I find there a nugget of truth placed in my experience in the past that helps me address the questions of the present and, if lucky, a path for the future.
Such is...
There are some people who are puzzled by the marches for racial justice. A man who works in the oil fields said recently in Tulsa: "Everyone there is the same regardless of color. If you can do the work,...
PHOENIX -- There is no denying the fact "this is a pandemic of historic proportion," Dr. Anthony Fauci told students at Jesuit-run Georgetown University in a recent online webinar focused on young people's risks and responsibilities in mitigating the...
WASHINGTON -- As the coronavirus pandemic commands global attention, for those working at organizations such as Catholic Relief Services, the health crisis is one in a long list of emergencies staff must tend to in its mission to help...
PEORIA, Ill. -- While there was social distance between those present, every space inside St. Mary's Cathedral was repeatedly filled with sounds of joyful praise, gratitude and boisterous applause July 23 at the episcopal ordination of Bishop Louis Tylka,...
WASHINGTON -- Another barrier in the sports world was broken July 20 when Alyssa Nakken coached first base in the late innings of an exhibition game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, thus becoming the first...
MIAMI -- Calling the COVID-19 pandemic the challenge of a lifetime, the nation's top public health official traveled to Florida seeking help in slowing the deadly outbreak.
He also came to learn how one urban community has managed a particularly...