This photo provided by The Archdiocese of Milwaukee shows Marvin Knighton. (AP Photo/The Archdiocese of Milwaukee) MILWAUKEE (AP) — The list of creditors for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee includes hundreds of child sexual abuse victims, along with a bank, pension funds and others typical in bankruptcy cases. It also includes one less usual: a priest removed from the priesthood amid allegations of abuse.
Vacation Bible School JULY 10—Morning Star Baptist Church, 812 Oak St., West Mifflin, will host its Vacation Bible School from 6-8 p.m. The theme is “Jesus Family Reunion-The Remix.” Through July 12, individuals ages 3 to adult will discover the different families of God. Also, on July 13 there will be a trip to Idlewild Park and Soak Zone in Ligonier, Pa. Transportation will be provided and registration is requested. For more information, call 412-461-7861.
"Sopranos" star James Gandolfini visits with service members and civilians on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, March 29, 2010 during a USO tour. (VPhoto Credit: U.S. Military/SSG Ian M. Terry) by Father Edward L. BeckCNN Faith and Religion Commentator (CNN) -- The only time I met James Gandolfini, we talked about God. It was a chance meeting at the Broadway play "God of Carnage," in which he was acting. I went backstage to see someone else but was introduced to James. When he heard that I was a priest he laughed and said, "Gee, Father, I hope you didn't think this was a play about God."
Danielle Powell, right, and her spouse Michelle Rogers are photographed in Omaha, Neb., June 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) by Margery A. Beck OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Christian college in Nebraska. She had fallen in love with another woman, a strictly forbidden relationship at a school where even prolonged hugs were banned.
MINNESOTA CONGRESSMAN--Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on the extent of the radicalization of American Muslims, on Capitol...
by Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner. The adult victims found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. The gunfire Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School left a toll both unbearable and incalculable: 20 students and six adults at the school, the gunman's mother at home, and the gunman himself. FALLEN ANGEL--Ana Marquez-Greene was 6. She was the daughter of American jazz saxophonist Jimmy Greene, and the granddaughter of Jorge Marquez, the mayor of Maunabo, Puerto Rico. She was close with her brother, 9-year-old Isaias, who was also at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday. (Twitter photo) A glimpse of some of those who died:
