Roman Catholicism

Joliet Catholic junior Jasmine Lumpkin had nearly 25 scholarship offers from schools across the country, but she decided to end her recruiting Tuesday by making an oral commitment to attend Michigan State in 2014-15. Lumpkin, a 6-foot forward, chose...

A high-stakes bidding war has erupted for St. John's Health Center, a storied Santa Monica hospital, with a local billionaire teaming up with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles on an unsolicited offer. The latest bid, expected to be...

* Border city of Szczecin now economic hub for German satellites * Phenomenon challenges assumptions about rich west, poor east * Polish side of border is younger, more dynamic, has more cash * Could it be the model for future of Europe? By...

Genevieve B. "Gen" Miller, a retired sales associate and homemaker, died Wednesday of heart failure at St. Joseph's Nursing Home in Catonsville. She was 95. Genevieve Beatrice Scriba was born in Baltimore and raised on Hollins Street. She was a parochial...

VATICAN CITY, May 15 (Reuters) - Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after acknowledging sexual misconduct, will leave Scotland for months of "prayer and penance", the Vatican said on Wednesday. A...

Re "A posthumous fall from grace," May 12 On the one hand, men like Cardinal Roger Mahony and the late Msgr. Benjamin Hawkes, who was accused posthumously of sex abuse, seemed to be just the men to act in the best interests of the Los Angeles...

Virtuoso pianist Eric Genuis will perform a concert at St. John Vianney Catholic School, 6200 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, on Wednesday, May 15, at 9 a.m. Genuis travels the world with first class soloists to present concerts showcasing his original...

VATICAN CITY -- Centuries after it helped kick-start Western art, the Vatican is seeking to break back into the art world with its first-ever pavilion at the prestigious Venice Biennale. The display includes a very modern mix of photography and...

Seeds are set for the District 11 Track & Field Championships, which are Wednesday and Thursday at Blue Mountain High School. Below are the top seeds for each event followed by Wednesday's schedule: BOYS CLASS 3A 100: 1. Keyautay Aulder, Stroudsburg,...

Pairings for the Indiana State Baseball Tournament were drawn this morning. Sectional competition begins Wednesday, May 22, and continues through Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day), with the 64 champions advancing to a four-team regional on Saturday, June 1....

William J. "Bill" Turcovski, a Northrop Grumman electrical engineer who enjoyed antiquing, died May 7 from pneumonia at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. He was 52. The son of a supervisor and a homemaker, William John Turcovski was born and...

Anya Scharle stepped into the discus circle last Wednesday and let it fly three times. One of those efforts resulted in a personal best of 93 feet, 5 inches. It didn't win her a gold medal. The senior finished ninth, 1 inch shy of giving Central...