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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
Proponents of parental notification in California vow to try again
Supporters of a parental notification bill have announced that they will start collecting signatures in late January or early February... Read more
Cardinal McCarrick urges Bush to protect the poor
In a private Oval Office meeting yesterday Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington urged President George W. Bush to ensure that... Read more
Macy's agrees to ‘Merry Christmas’, national Sears boycott announced
Macy's Department Stores has agreed to return the phase "Merry Christmas" to store signage and advertising. The Committee to Save... Read more
New documentary features lives of the twelve Apostles
A new one-hour documentary investigates the lives and legends of the Apostles, how they were transformed after the resurrection of... Read more
Catholic Bishops continue to call for end of Death penalty, in reaction to grace granted for 1000th Death penalty by Virginia Governor
Echoing the call earlier this week from Baltimore Archbishop Keeler, Most Reverend Stephen Blaire, Bishop of Stockton and President of... Read more
U.S Bishops express approval of new document on seminarians and homosexuality
American Bishops openly welcomed the final release of the document from the Congregation of Catholic Education on the admittance of... Read more
Life Decision will release new edition of corporation to boycott for their support of Abortion
Life Decisions International (LDI), a group dedicated to challenging the Culture of Death, concentrating on exposing and fighting the agenda... Read more
Defiant Michigan family wins fight to keep front yard Nativity scene
The defiance of a suburban Michigan family, along with the support of friends and neighbors means that the Nativity scene... Read more
Illinois Bishop permits lay-led Sunday ‘celebrations’ in cases of emergency
Because of a growing priest shortage in his diocese, Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville Illinois has announced that lay ministers... Read more
Cardinal Keeler appeals MD governor to stop scheduled execution
Baltimore’s Cardinal William Keeler turned heads yesterday when he visited convicted murderer, Wesley Eugene Baker, and called on Maryland’s governor... Read more
Missouri Bishops speak out against embryonic stem cell research
The issue of embryonic stem cell research has reached Missouri's Catholic churches. Sunday, parishioners were told not to support this... Read more
Catholic Charities appeals for funds as heating costs rise
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston has stepped up its private appeals and announced a fundraising campaign to help... Read more
Catholic church hosts interfaith Thanksgiving service
Buddhists, Baptists, Jews and Unitarians joined Catholics at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Daytona Beach Monday at the... Read more
Diocese asked to look into alleged Sacramento miracle
A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary which seems to be crying tears of blood outside a Vietnamese Catholic Church... Read more
Missouri Bishops take campaign against stem cell research to the pulpit
Missouri Roman Catholics who attend Mass Sunday can expect to hear a homily against embryonic stem cell research and a... Read more
Document re homosexuals in priesthood warranted, prudent, says Catholic League
The Vatican document indicating that homosexuals cannot be admitted to the seminary and to holy orders is warranted and prudent,... Read more
