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CatholicMusicNetwork.com launches digital music download service
The Catholic music website, CatholicMusicNetwork.com, launched a digital music service this week allowing users to purchase and download individual songs... Read more
“Scrooges”, “Grinches” and “Nice” organizations featured in List of Corporations regarding their position toward real Christmas tradition.
Intervening in the heated debate about the mention of Christmas on the public square, Concerned Women for America (CWA) presented... Read more
Plan exempts Catholic hospitals from offering morning-after pills
Governor is set to grant an exemption for Catholic and other privately run hospitals from this regulation on religious and... Read more
Brooklyn priest named direct of US bishops’ ecumenical office
Fr. James Massa of Brooklyn and professor at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, N.Y., has been named... Read more
Apostolic nuncio recommends no same-sex adoptions for Catholic Charities
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts has welcomed a letter by the apostolic nuncio in Washington that calls for Catholic... Read more
Bishops say health care is ‘basic human right’
Adequate health care is a basic human right and the state should do more to ensure medical treatment for the... Read more
Law center battles to change culture, protect life
The five attorneys at the Thomas More Law Center — along with 403 volunteer lawyers across the country — have... Read more
Catholics take part in cross-country run for plight of workers
Catholics participating in an annual run, which began at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City more than one month... Read more
Sacramento begins process for sainthood for late bishop
The Diocese of Sacramento has opened its first cause for sainthood ever for Bishop Alphonse Gallegos. Read more
Just in time for Narnia, revamped C.S. Lewis recollection hits shelves
With the film debut of the highly anticipated Chronicles of Naria just days away for most cities, California-based Ignatius Press... Read more
U.S. Bishops call on China to account for, investigate nun beatings
In a sharp letter to China’s United States ambassador, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have condemned the attack of... Read more
Expert in Church law dies, had helped revise liturgy in 1960s
A retired dean of canon law at Catholic University of America, who helped revise the Roman Catholic liturgy at the... Read more
EWTN added to Canada’s new satellite radio service
Canada’s first satellite radio service, SIRIUS CANADA, has included EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network's English and Spanish radio programming in... Read more
Church makes a clear distinction between chastity and celibacy, says Priest on recent Vatican Instruction on admittance in Seminaries.
"The Church recognizes that people with 'homosexual tendencies' can be good Christians, social workers, and administrators, but being a priest... Read more
Officials at Boston College have announced the cancellation of a dance sponsored by campus gay, lesbian and transgender organizations.
In a stand for Catholic teaching on human sexuality, officials at Boston College have announced the cancellation of a dance... Read more
Bishop defends suspension of AWOL priest
Bishop John Leibrecht of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, MO, is defending his decision to suspend a priest who left... Read more
Catholics demand pro-abortion mayor disinvited from Christmas dinner
Close to 100 Catholic leaders have signed and sent a letter to Archbishop Sean O’Malley of Boston, demanding that Catholic... Read more
Legal expert ponders action against death penalty, abortion
While millions of Americans are rightly lobbying for an end to the death penalty, which has sanctioned the execution of... Read more
Illinois diocese backs Walgreens boycott
The firing of four Illinois-based Walgreens pharmacists over their failure to dispense abortion drugs, has sparked a call for a... Read more
Hawaii high court says fetus not a person, reverses mother’s manslaughter charge
Yesterday, the Hawaii state Supreme Court handed over a precedent-setting opinion, ruling that 32-year old Tayshea Aiwohi could not be... Read more
