An amazing life, to be sure. Details: The oldest Catholic priest in Tennessee passed away on Monday. Monsignor George Rohling died at the age of 97. Rohling was a priest for 71 years in the Diocese of Nashville, ministered at six local parishes, taught at Father Ryan High School and served as a chaplain at…

A new study indicates the meaning of the word is evolving: A majority of Americans now say their definition of family includes same-sex couples with children, as well as married gay and lesbian couples. At the same time, most Americans do not consider unmarried cohabiting couples, either heterosexual or same-sex, to be a family —…

While controversy continues to swirl over the proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero, here’s a fact many may not be aware of: Sometime in 1999, a construction electrician received a new work assignment from his union. Sinclair Hejazi Abdus-Salaam was told to report to 2 World Trade Center, the southern of the Twin Towers. In…

This news is heartbreaking — and horrifying: Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, an independent Belgian commission said Friday. Professor Peter Adriaenssens, chairman of the commission, said the…

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