ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY, May 13, 2008 (CNA) .- Bishop of Rockville Centre William Murphy has issued a pastoral letter restricting the practice of Communion services at parishes and schools in his diocese.  He said the ban on Communion services would bring the archdiocese into conformity with the liturgical norms of the Church.

SACRAMENTO, May 12, 2008 (CNA) .- A former NBA basketball star who is a mayoral candidate for the city of Sacramento has been denounced by activists for stating his opposition to homosexual marriage.  His opposition, they claim, makes him “not ready to lead this city.”

WASHINGTON DC, May 12, 2008 (CNA) .- Bill Donahue has stepped into the U.S. presidential fray by claiming that Senator Barack Obama’s Catholic National Advisory Council is composed entirely of people who are "dissenters" from the Catholic Church. In response, the advisory council has replied that they view abortion as a “profound moral issue” and that they consider candidates based on a broad set of issues, rather than a single issue. 

KANSAS CITY, May 12, 2008 (CNA) .- Saying her support for legal abortion conveys the erroneous message that the Church’s teaching on abortion is optional, Archbishop of Kansas City Joseph F. Naumann has publicly admonished Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for her veto of an abortion law reform bill passed by the Kansas legislature.