Archive for April 3, 2012

A wide view of the meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women, March 3, 2012. ?w=200&h=150

UN women's commission rejects expansion of 'reproductive rights'

Amid controversy over the “rights” to contraception and abortion, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women concluded its 56th... Read more

Deacon Patrick Moynihan speaks to students at the Louverture Cleary School in Haiti.?w=200&h=150

Red Cross faces controversy over possible Haiti hotel

Recent news that the Red Cross may be planning to build a luxury conference center and hotel in Haiti using... Read more

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Colombian rebels release 10 hostages held since 1998

The International Red Cross Commission confirmed on April 2 that ten hostages kidnapped in 1998 by the Marxist rebel group... Read more

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Legionaries will sell New York formation center

The Legionaries of Christ have announced plans to sell their Thornwood property in Westchester County, New York, citing financial strain... Read more

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Colombia attorney general calls for reversal of abortion ruling

The attorney general in Colombia urged the country’s Constitutional Court to overturn an appeal's court ruling allowing an abortion to... Read more

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Pope names Archbishop Coleridge to lead Brisbane Catholics

Pope Benedict XVI has named Australian Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Canberra-Goulburn as the new Archbishop of Brisbane. Read more

President Barack Obama. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.?w=200&h=150

By Michelle La Rosa

Obama policies may be effort to court non-religious voters

Recent policies by the Obama administration that have isolated many American Catholics may be part of an election strategy to... Read more