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LAUSD Superintendent David Brewer

Los Angeles schools’ sex abuse scandal raises questions about double standards

May 20, 2008

Revelations of administrators’ mishandling of sexually abuse committed in the Los Angeles Unified School District have prompted comparisons to the... Read more

CNA

Archbishop Burke to ordain nine to priesthood after making vocations 'top priority'

May 20, 2008

Archbishop of St. Louis Raymond L. Burke will ordain nine men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of St. Louis... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez

Archbishop Gomez urges graduates to help open dialogue with American culture

May 19, 2008

Archbishop of San Antonio Jose Gomez delivered the commencement address at the Oblate School of Theology on Friday, telling the... Read more

Cardinal Roger Mahony / Bishop Geoffrey Robinson

Cardinal Mahony bars Australian bishop with 'doctrinal difficulties' from archdiocese

May 19, 2008

Cardinal Roger Mahony has denied an Australian bishop permission to speak in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles after the Australian... Read more

Sen. Barack Obama / Archbishop Charles Chaput

Denver archbishop calls on Catholics for Obama to face the senator’s views on abortion

May 19, 2008

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver is calling on the group Roman Catholics for Obama ‘08 to convince Sen. Barack Obama... Read more

CNA

California Chaldeans receive 3,000 Assyrian Christians into Catholic communion

May 18, 2008

One week ago today leaders of the Chaldean Catholic Church in California formally received into communion a bishop of the... Read more

CARA concerned over some interpretations of the “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey”

May 17, 2008

The Catholic results of the Pew survey entitled "U.S. Religious Landscape Survey" have been closely examined by CARA, a Georgetown... Read more

CNA

Holy See: Food crisis solution must avoid both greed and ecologic extremism

May 16, 2008

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the United Nations, said today that both mere economic interests... Read more

Pro-abortion group endorses Obama over Clinton

May 16, 2008

A national pro-abortion advocacy group has endorsed Illinois Senator Barack Obama over rival New York Senator Hillary Clinton in the... Read more

CNA

Texas priest resigns new post after complaints about homosexual web site

May 16, 2008

A priest in the Diocese of Dallas on Tuesday resigned from his new post at St. Michael the Archangel Church... Read more

White House Press Secretary Dana Perino

White House says 'activist judges' at fault for gay marriage ruling

May 15, 2008

Following today's ruling by the California Supreme Court which struck down the citizen-approved Proposition 22 banning homosexual marriages, the White House... Read more

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George

Ban on homosexual marriage in California dissolved

May 15, 2008

Marriage and the family were dealt a blow today by a 4-3 California Supreme Court decision striking down the state’s law... Read more

U.S. Coast Guard officer wins exemption from abortion-derived vaccine

May 15, 2008

A U.S. Coast Guard officer who refused to be injected with a vaccine derived from the remains of an aborted... Read more

CNA

Archbishop orders end to lay preachers at Mass

May 14, 2008

Archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul Harry Flynn has ordered an end to lay preaching at parishes in the archdiocese,... Read more

Ms. Kristi Burton

Colorado Human Life Amendment petition signed by over 130,000

May 14, 2008

A Colorado constitutional amendment that would define personhood as “any human being from the moment of fertilization” has collected enough... Read more

CNA

Archdiocese of Indianapolis sues Facebook over fake profile of high school dean

May 14, 2008

The Archdiocese of Indianapolis is suing Facebook because of an archdiocesan school administrator’s allegation that his identity has been stolen... Read more

Sister Lorraine Hale, president of Presentation College

S. Dakota Catholic college cancels commencement speaker due to pro-abortion views

May 13, 2008

Presentation College in Aberdeen, South Dakota has withdrawn an invitation to a commencement speaker because of her views on legalized... Read more

Matt Daniels, President of AFM

Rally for marriage and the family to be held at Democratic National Convention

May 13, 2008

Marriage and the family are two issues that are bringing together the Alliance for Marriage Foundation and the Catholic Association... Read more

Pastor John Hagee / Bill Donohue

Catholic League declares end to Rev. Hagee controversy

May 13, 2008

An apologetic letter sent by the Texas pastor Rev. John Hagee to the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights... Read more

Bishop William Murphy

Bishop of Rockville Centre forbids weekday Communion services

May 13, 2008

Bishop of Rockville Centre William Murphy has issued a pastoral letter restricting the practice of Communion services at parishes and... Read more