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Quaker group nominates excommunicated priest for Nobel Peace Prize
Fr. Roy Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest who was excommunicated for refusing to affirm Catholic teaching on the ordination of women,... Read more
Critics of Senate health care bill fault abortion funding and taxes on married couples
Pro-life and conservative leaders reacted critically to the Senate’s Saturday decision to proceed on a Senate bill they say would... Read more
EWTN's Fr. Mitch Pacwa to appear on CNN tonight
EWTN host Fr. Mitch Pacwa is scheduled to appear on CNN's “No Bias, No Bull” tonight at 8:30 p.m. EST... Read more
Traveling play 'Vianney' visits USCCB conference
Saint Luke Productions' traveling play “Vianney” was a featured event at the fall assembly of the USCCB this year. But... Read more
Bishop Tobin expresses disappointment with Rep. Kennedy for going public on Communion decision
In a strong response to Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s public revelation that he has been banned from Communion for his stand... Read more
Diocesan conference on forgiveness features Immaculée Ilibagiza
Immaculée Ilibagiza, survivor of the Rwanda genocide in 1994 addressed participants at the Diocese of Worcester's women's conference held last... Read more
Experts doubt U.N. Population Fund’s claim that population control will help fight climate change
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) claims that climate change could become “much more extreme and conceivably catastrophic” as population... Read more
Senate confirms judge who overturned informed consent law to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
The U.S. Senate voted 59-39 to confirm the appointment of U.S. District Judge David Hamilton to the Chicago-based Seventh U.S.... Read more
D.C. council members push for same sex 'marriage' compromise
Although their efforts have been unsuccessful thus far, council members in Washington, D.C are pushing for a compromise with the... Read more
Benedictine sisters in Missouri record new Christmas CD
A community of Benedictine sisters living in the Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph have released a Christmas CD... Read more
Archbishops Nienstedt and Chaput defend CCHD as criticisms continue
Responding to concerns about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), Archbishop John Nienstedt and Archbishop Charles J. Chaput have... Read more
CNN poll finds 61% of Americans oppose government-funded abortions
CNN has published the results of a telephone-based poll regarding abortion, health care and health care reform conducted November 13-15.... Read more
USCCB: Senate health care bill 'morally unacceptable'
As the Senate prepares for the discussion of its health care reform bill this weekend, several bishops have sent the... Read more
Expert explains upcoming battle over pro-abortion Senate health care bill
Catholic political analyst, Deal Hudson, said yesterday that pro-life forces will face an uphill battle over the health care bill... Read more
Fourteenth Fort Hood victim forgotten
Last week, Maj. Nadil Malik Hasan was indicted on 13 counts of murder for the shootings at Fort Hood which... Read more
Obama EEOC nominee calls support for radical marriage manifesto a ‘mistake’
Chai R. Feldblum, a nominee for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has withdrawn her support for a radical manifesto... Read more
Christopher West presents ‘profoundly troubling’ idea of Christian freedom, Catholic writer says
Adding another voice to the discussion over Christopher West’s presentation of the Theology of the Body, writer James Likoudis writes... Read more
Unprecedented coalition of religious leaders call Americans to stand for sanctity of life, marriage, and religious freedom
An unprecedented coalition of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders, and scholars has crafted a 4,700-word declaration addressing the sanctity of... Read more
Objectors to ELCA’s approval of homosexual clergy begin plans for new Lutheran denomination
Following the decision of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to allow sexually active homosexual clergy, an objecting Lutheran... Read more
Presenter asks U.S. bishops’ assembly to help create a ‘culture of vocation’ to the religious life
Presenting the results of the National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) study on vocations to religious life at the U.S. bishops’... Read more
