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Labor Day message urges Catholics to consider immigration debate
Labor Day invites Catholics to celebrate the value of work, but it also challenges the faithful to consider how the... Read more
“Mission Possible” on Italian highways
Young Italians of the group Sentinelle del Mattino (Sentinels of the Morning) have launched a unique project they are calling... Read more
Catholic League president says clarification needed on Hitler exorcism story
Recent stories in the press, based on an erroneous interpretation of the Catholic Church’s teachings on exorcisms and the devil,... Read more
9/11 had lasting, life-changing effects on priests
With the fifth anniversary of 9/11 fast approaching, the testimonies of Catholic clergy who ministered at Ground Zero and accompanied... Read more
Vietnam Bronze Star recipient, convert from Methodism is new Bishop of Sioux Falls
Today, Pope Benedict XVI named a new bishop for the Diocese of Sioux Falls, Monsignor Paul Joseph Swain, an adult... Read more
Catholic campus organization continues to combat lack of “morals, ethics, and leadership”
As classes begin this month, a national student outreach organization says American colleges and universities are not allocating enough resources... Read more
Ideas, beliefs are best ammunition in ‘war on terror’ says Church official
The United States risks losing the “war on terror” by not recognizing that the “war” is really about ideas and... Read more
First African National Eucharistic Congress to be held this week
African Catholics, including priests and religious ministering in the United States will gather will U.S. Church officials and a Tanzanian... Read more
Free access to Plan B offers sex “with no muss and no fuss,” for virile men
While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to allow prescription-less access to the “Morning-after Pill” is drawing praise from... Read more
Vatican Observatory director quashes rumors of anti-evolution appointment
Father José G. Funes, S.J., incoming director of the Vatican Observatory, has told friends that rumors he was appointed as... Read more
Religious rights groups are incensed at “blatant assault on religious freedom in California”
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law yesterday, Senate Bill 1441, a bill that would potentially remove state assistance from... Read more
Archbishop reflects on anniversary of Katrina, says God will continue to bring good from suffering
Amid commemorations and ceremonies surrounding the first anniversary of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the American south, New... Read more
Chinese authorities release Catholic bishop after 10-year detention
After more than a decade, Chinese authorities have released a bishop who was ordained to serve the country’s underground Roman... Read more
Journalist hopes arrest of JonBenet suspect will shed light on sexual abuse in public schools
Exposing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church was necessary and a good step, but that investigation must now be expanded... Read more
U.S., Australian bishops say new study lies about claimed “ethical” methods of embryonic stem cell extraction
Catholic Bishops in the United States and Australia continue to speak out inclarification of what constitutes ethical stem cell research... Read more
Pro-life groups outraged by FDA approval of over-the-counter abortion pill
Pro-life groups nationwide are outraged by yesterday’s announcement that the Food and Drug Administration will approve Barr Pharmaceutical’s abortion drug,... Read more
U.S. Catholics continue support for hurricane ravaged areas in Louisiana and Mississippi
Catholics in parishes throughout the United States can contribute to the efforts of their brothers and sisters in the Archdiocese... Read more
Priest fined during emergency call to offer Sacrament of the sick
The pastor of a New York Catholic church is protesting a $115 parking ticket, which was issued while his associate... Read more
Duluth Diocese cancels nun's talk because of anti-Bush newspaper ad
Sr. Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking" and a longtime social activist, has been uninvited as the keynote speaker... Read more
Thomas More Law Center asks Supreme Court to review New York’s Nativity ban
The Thomas More Law Center has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case challenging New York City’s ban... Read more
