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Vatican congregation exonerates Long Island monsignor of sex abuse charges

Dec 9, 2009

A New York Catholic priest close to former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani will return to ministry after being... Read more

Fr. Emil Kapaun

Fr. Emil Kapaun is focus of new Wichita Eagle article series and DVD

Dec 8, 2009

By CNA Staff

Wichita priest and U.S. Army chaplain Fr. Emil Kapaun heroically saved wounded sounders from the battlefield of the Korean War... Read more

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Senate kills pro-life Nelson amendment preventing federal funding of abortion

Dec 8, 2009

The U.S. Senate voted this afternoon to table the Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment that would have prohibited the federal funding of abortions... Read more

Man-woman marriage a ‘fact of human nature,’ New Jersey Catholic Conference testifies

Dec 8, 2009

As the New Jersey legislature considers whether to recognize same-sex “marriage” before a sympathetic governor leaves office, the New Jersey... Read more

Archbishop Rowan Williams / Canon Mary Glasspool

Rowan Williams says election of lesbian bishop in L.A. raises 'serious questions'

Dec 7, 2009

This past Saturday, the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected the Rev. Cannon Mary Glasspool to the office of... Read more

CNA

More than 500 abuse victims’ claims filed in Jesuits’ Oregon Province bankruptcy case

Dec 7, 2009

As the bankruptcy case of the Society of Jesus’ Oregon Province proceeds, more than 500 people have filed claims accusing... Read more

Mary Kay Henry

USCCB clarifies involvement with controversial expert

Dec 7, 2009

On Monday, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, media director for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops spoke with CNA, clarifying... Read more

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)

U.S. bishops give support to Senate abortion amendment

Dec 7, 2009

On Monday Dec. 7, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gave its support to an amendment to the... Read more

Archbishop of Denver Charles J. Chaput

Archbishop Chaput: Manhattan Declaration will ‘galvanize’ Christians in difficult times

Dec 7, 2009

In an exclusive interview with Catholic News Agency, Archbishop of Denver Charles J. Chaput has explained his reasons for signing... Read more

CNA

Catholic Senator won't say if he agrees with Cardinal Rigali's pro-life statement

Dec 6, 2009

Pro-life Catholic Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. (D-Pa.) wouldn’t give a clear response when asked if he agreed with Cardinal Justin... Read more

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)

Mikulski Amendment would include Planned Parenthood in health care bill, says pro-life leader

Dec 6, 2009

A pro-life leader has criticized the Senate’s addition of the Mikulski Amendment to the proposed health care bill, voicing concerns... Read more

CNA

Cardinal Karlic urges laity to turn to prayer and the Eucharist to be missionaries of Christ

Dec 5, 2009

Cardinal Estanislao Karlic, Archbishop Emeritus of Parana, Argentina, encouraged the participants of 3rd Plenary Assembly of the Christian Life Movement... Read more

Student loan debt a ‘crushing burden’ that harms young families, expert says

Dec 5, 2009

The “crushing burden” of student loans delays marriage and childbirth and encourages cohabitation, family policy expert Allan Carlson said in... Read more

CNA

South the 'birthplace of black Catholicism' says expert

Dec 5, 2009

Craig Manson, Distinguished Professor and Lecturer in Law at the University of the Pacific, has recently written about how the... Read more

Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer / Amy Gutmann

HLI president skeptical that Obama's new bioethics commission will be ethical

Dec 5, 2009

Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer, President of Human Life International has called for Americans to be watchful of President Obama's appointments... Read more

CNA

Planned Parenthood struggling financially, Harvard study finds

Dec 4, 2009

Last week, InsiderCatholic.com issued a story referring to a Harvard Business School case study which outlined some of Planned Parenthood's... Read more

Mary Kay Henry

Connection between USCCB and gay rights activist sparks controversy

Dec 4, 2009

Conservative blogs were buzzing on Friday with the discovery that a member of the USCCB's Subcommittee on Catholic Health Care... Read more

CNA

National Migration Week to focus on plight of migrant and refugee children

Dec 4, 2009

The Catholic Church in the U.S. will celebrate National Migration Week from January 3-9 to focus on the needs of... Read more

Mother Mary Clare Millea (center) with some of her fellow sisters

Apostolic Visitation is moving forward despite ‘boycott’ reports

Dec 4, 2009

Responding to a report which claimed that the majority of women religious are not complying with the apostolic visitation, the... Read more

Wisconsin group argues Catholics can use contraception in good conscience

Dec 4, 2009

A Wisconsin group claiming to be Catholic has launched a series of television ads which state that using contraception doesn't... Read more