Catholicism exerted an important influence on the life of actor George Wendt. Best known for portraying lovable barfly Norm Peterson on the long-running NBC-TV sitcom "Cheers," Wendt died May 20, aged ...

She's played the organ for U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices and military veterans being interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

Two U.S. Catholic bishops expressed their "profound grief and outrage" over the May 21 killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington.