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Firefighters forced to participate in gay pride parade win legal battle
Members of the San Diego Fire Department have won a sexual harassment lawsuit against the city for being forced to... Read more
Groups help teens stay connected, learn the faith
What would bring teenagers to church other than Sunday Mass? Read more
'Lost Valentine' TV movie promotes Catholic values, says priest
A new made-for-TV movie by Hallmark and a faith-based film company in time for Valentine's Day promotes “tremendous” Catholic values,... Read more
Haitians in Kansas City offer prayers for all who suffer
Some 50 Catholic Haitian-Americans came to pray on the Jan. 12 anniversary of the earthquake that devastated their already devastated... Read more
On religious liberty, Obama administration still 'falling short,' leading authority says
Last week’s state visit by China’s President Hu Jintao again underscored the Obama Administration’s reluctance to defend human rights and... Read more
Construction near LA’s oldest church uncovers cemetery
The construction of a Mexican cultural center in Los Angeles has uncovered a 200-year-old Catholic cemetery mistakenly thought to have... Read more
US bishops oppose return to workplace immigration raids
Speaking for the U.S. bishops, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles told the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 26... Read more
Peoria diocese restarts Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification cause
The Diocese of Peoria has resumed its promotion of Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s cause for beatification despite its dispute with the... Read more
Hawaii bishop shocked at high-ranking priest's departure for politics
Bishop Larry R. Silva of Honolulu, Hawaii says he was “shocked and extremely disappointed” to discover that his second-in-command at the... Read more
CHA adopts dual approach to abortion funding in health care law
The Catholic Health Association has endorsed legislation to restrict federal funding of abortion in the health care law passed last... Read more
House speaker lends legislative support to Catholic schools
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R–Ohio) showed his support for Catholic education and school choice on Jan. 26, announcing... Read more
Sargent Shriver laid to rest amid praise for faithful public life
Friends and family of political candidate and public servant R. Sargent Shriver remembered his life in a Jan. 22. Mass... Read more
Presence of youth prominent at DC March for Life
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life on Jan. 24. People of... Read more
Texting poll aims to highlight media influence in abortion debate
The pro-life group Heroic Media launched a massive texting poll to hundreds of thousands of participants at the West Coast... Read more
Pro-life vigil Mass in DC draws thousands of nation's youth
Around 10,000 Catholics, many of them young people from schools around the nation, met to pray for an end to... Read more
Catholic Families for America joins forces with CatholicVote.org
CatholicVote.org president Brian Burch announced on Jan. 24 that grassroots political group Catholic Families for America will now join their... Read more
Bishop Robert Vasa appointed coadjutor of California diocese
Bishop Robert Vasa has been appointed coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California to succeed Bishop Daniel... Read more
Hundreds of thousands assemble against abortion in DC
Hundreds of thousands of people packed the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 24 to show their support for... Read more
Italian cardinal calls for 'humanization of globalization'
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe of Naples, Italy recently made a five day pastoral visit to the Italian community in Brooklyn, N.Y.... Read more
Christian clergy issue new response to MLK’s ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’
Decades after Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” leading clergy including several Catholic bishops have... Read more
