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Amid mounting religious freedom threats, role of laity highlighted
As domestic religious freedom threats reach unprecedented levels, the lay faithful must play an active role in promoting and defending... Read more
Risque Carl's Jr ads prompt calls for boycott
The fast food chain Carl’s Jr. should drop its ads featuring scantily-clad models on the grounds that the ads both... Read more
Promoting religious freedom is 'root' of Middle East peace
Encouraging robust religious freedom is a critical foundation for peace and stability in the Middle East, said panelists discussing the... Read more
Obama Administration moves forward in challenging Little Sisters
The Obama Administration has announced that it will continue its legal fight against the Little Sisters of the Poor over... Read more
Founder: Catholic Studies programs help colleges fulfill call to faithfulness
University-level Catholic Studies programs are an essential response to the increasingly fragmented college experience, said the man who founded the... Read more
Official prayer, image for World Meeting of Families released
The official prayer and image for the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year have been released to aid... Read more
San Diego diocese mourns death of Bishop Cirilo Flores
Bishop Cirilo Flores of San Diego passed away the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 6, at the city's Nazareth House, accompanied... Read more
Church serves women 'the rest of the world has left behind'
Recent claims that the Catholic Church disregards women fail to acknowledge the Church’s critical work to support women and families... Read more
Supreme Court asked to defend Seal of Confession in La. case
The Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling that a diocesan... Read more
Peoria, NY voice desire to advance Archbishop Sheen cause
Following the halt of Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s canonization cause, both the Diocese of Peoria and the Archdiocese of New York... Read more
Boston Globe's new site hopes to show that 'Catholic Church matters'
A new website launched by the Boston Globe seeks to have a wide appeal in covering “all things Catholic,” focusing... Read more
Concerns, confusion swirl over LGBT group in St. Patrick's parade
A spokesman for the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade said the inclusion of an LGBT activist group in... Read more
Immigration judges: Deporting children can be a death sentence
Many U.S. immigration cases are effectively life-or-death trials, and the Justice Department should not be fast-tracking deportation hearings for child... Read more
Reform of LCWR hardly a 'nunquisition'
The Vatican's investigation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious is not a ‘nunquisition,’ as one Time magazine writer has... Read more
La. bishop applauds marriage ruling, commits to LGBT ministry
Following a judge's Wednesday ruling upholding a Louisiana amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman, New Orleans'... Read more
Obama admin. drops appeals in three for-profit mandate cases
Religious freedom advocates are voicing hope as the Obama administration drops its appeal in three lawsuits involving for-profit companies that... Read more
College poster campaign takes 'hook-up' culture to task
A poster campaign distributed at 25 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Mexico calls students to question the predominance... Read more
Hundreds flock to conference looking to revive parish life
Some 500 Catholic leaders and their pastors from across the United States met recently at the first-ever Amazing Parish conference... Read more
PBS raked over decision to air late-term abortion film
Pro-life advocates have strongly objected to PBS' decision broadcast the documentary “After Tiller,” saying it wrongly downplays the “gravely unjust”... Read more
Knights co-launch film on hope among Haiti's young amputees
The Knights of Columbus partnered with Connecticut-based EVTV to produce a documentary on hope and healing of Haitian children injured... Read more
