The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has defended President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s requests for long-range weapons, although a Vatican diplomat warned that arm supply is a complex topic.

Father Anthony Gerard Jansen died Jan. 27. He was 98 and had spent 79 years in religious life.

A funeral Mass for Sister Edna Naomi Maier, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 67 years, will be offered Feb. 16 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus.

Pregnancy centers are criticizing The Associated Press for instructing journalists to use terminology that brands them as centers against abortion.

Two bills that conflict directly with Catholic values and the protection of life are progressing in the Maryland General Assembly.