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Second Utah city within five months wins Ten Commandments monument fight
A ruling released Oct. 20 states that Duchesne City, Utah, acted constitutionally when it sold land on which a Ten... Read more
Abortion is a human rights issue, not only religious, says Archbishop
Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, in an op-ed piece published in today’s New York Times, blasted the notion that moral... Read more
Catholics, as voters or elected officials, must defend human person, bishop Wenski says
In a homily during the Closing Mass of the Catholic Leadership Conference held in Philadelphia yesterday, Bishop Thomas Wenski of... Read more
West Virginia Bishop: abortion is 'Greatest Evil of Our Age'
In the light of statistics that indicate that “Catholics are no different than the general population in their opinion on... Read more
Vatican says 'No' to cloning at UN assembly
The Vatican has backed a treaty that completely bans human cloning as United Nations members began two days of debate... Read more
Church instrumental for integration of Hispanic immigrants, says Bishop Gomez
The integration of Hispanic immigrants in the United States will not be possible without the commitment of the Catholic Church,... Read more
Milwaukee priests urge U.S. bishops not to decide on refusing Communion to pro-abortion politicians
In a letter addressed to Theodore Cardinal McCarrick and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Milwaukee Archdiocese Priest... Read more
President Bush meets with Cardinal Rigali of Philadelphia
President George W. Bush met with Cardinal Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, this afternoon in Philadelphia. The president had requested the... Read more
Catholic League slams Ford Foundation for supporting anti-Catholic groups
The Ford Foundation has established a new policy, barring beneficiaries from engaging in any activity that “promotes violence, terrorism, bigotry,... Read more
Family Research Council to team up with John Kerry on issue of Free Speech
In a letter to Senator John Kerry, the Family Research Council has formally requested that the Democratic presidential candidate sponsor... Read more
Bishops urge voters to reject abortion, stem-cell research during pro-life rally
Led by their bishops, about 1,500 Catholics rallied at the Statehouse in Trenton, Oct. 18, to urge political leaders and... Read more
Diocesan lawyers ban Catholic voting guides
Officials in three U.S. dioceses have instructed pastors and parish administrators not to distribute the "Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics,"... Read more
Archbishop of Lima leads celebration of Peruvian devotion in New York
The Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, celebrated the traditional Peruvian October devotion of Our Lord of the Miracles... Read more
Catholic Music Network launches new and interactive website
CatholicMusicNetwork.com, one of the most important websites for Catholic music during the last four years, has announced it is launching... Read more
Catholics for Kerry claim Kerry "right" and Bush "wrong" for Catholics
Advocates for Sen. Kerry’s bid for the presidency, Catholics for Kerry, have published a list of reasons claiming that Sen.... Read more
Catholics demand that Kerry be coherent with faith before alleged "big Catholic statement"
A significant number of Catholic leaders around the U.S. have published an Open Letter to Sen. John Kerry this morning... Read more
Elite university students publish ad defending right to life
Students from 14 of America’s elite universities, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Georgetown, and MIT, have published an ad for... Read more
Anglicans express disappointment, regret after no solution is reached over homosexual bishop
The Anglican Communion Network and the American Anglican Council are deeply saddened that within minutes of the Windsor Report’s release,... Read more
Bishop urges prayers to patron saint of politicians to stop abortion
Bishop Michael Saltarelli of Wilmington, Del., has distributed a prayer to St. Thomas More to parishes and Catholic schools, asking... Read more
Priest debunks myth that Church is opposed to stem-cell research
A Catholic priest and director of education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Boston attended the seventh annual BioFlorida... Read more
