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‘Bella’ star Verástegui returns from Sudanese relief trip
Returning from a tour of relief projects in the Sudan, both the star and producer of the movie “Bella” praised... Read more
Churchgoing Catholics strongly oppose abortion but divided on embryonic stem-cell research
A new Gallup Poll reports that a strong majority of churchgoing Catholics do not think abortion is morally acceptable. However,... Read more
Bishops call on Notre Dame to defend life, cancel Obama invite
Still more U.S. bishops have written regarding Notre Dame’s invitation to President Obama to deliver the spring commencement speech and... Read more
Bishop offers Mass of healing for abuse victims
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted celebrated a March 25 Mass of Healing and Reconciliation at St. Anne Parish for victims of... Read more
Sebelius confirmation hearings see little focus on abortion record
Yesterday Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius fielded questions about her plans for medical health care reform, but received only question from... Read more
Archbishop Nienstedt protests ‘egregious’ invite of Obama to Notre Dame
Citing President Barack Obama’s “deliberate disregard of the unborn,” Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis has written to... Read more
Catholic Church prepares for tens of thousands of U.S. converts
Tens of thousands of new Catholics are expected to join the Catholic Church in the U.S. in 2009, with many... Read more
Catholic women convoke bioethics discussion and meet with Justice Alito
A Catholic women’s group will meet in Washington D.C. to hear a bioethics panel and to meet with Supreme Court... Read more
Holy Cross Superior writes to Obama over Notre Dame invite
Today Holy Cross Superior General, Fr. Hugh W. Cleary, released an open letter to President Barack Obama addressing the Notre... Read more
Retiring Cardinal Egan to host final show on The Catholic Channel
Cardinal Edward Egan, the retiring Archbishop of New York, will host a retrospective covering his nine years in New York City... Read more
Office of Legal Council nominee criticized for ‘bizarre’ defenses of abortion
Dawn Johnsen, nominee to head the White House Office of Legal Counsel, faces criticism from a pro-life group for her... Read more
U.S. State Department overlooks ‘especially dire’ religious freedom violations in Iraq
Newly public information shows that the U.S. State Department in January rejected a recommendation that Iraq be named a Country... Read more
Anthony Williams withdraws application for Knights of Malta
Yesterday, Order of Malta Federal President Noreen Falcone wrote members of the Order saying that former Washington D.C. Mayor Anthony... Read more
Sebelius Communion ban to apply in Washington
According to the Washington Times, Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington plans to maintain the pastoral request Kathleen Sebelius’ bishop made... Read more
Weigel and Kmiec lock horns over Notre Dame at the Chicago Tribune
On Sunday, the Chicago Tribune invited the Catholic scholars Professor Douglas W. Kmiec and George Weigel to express their opposing... Read more
‘Reproductive rights’ to top of U.S. foreign policy agenda, Secretary Clinton says
Speaking at Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s national conference in Houston this past Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton... Read more
Obama embryo research policy ‘a step backward,’ bioethics council members say
Ten members of the President’s Council on Bioethics have issued a statement seeking to “clarify” President Barack Obama’s comments on... Read more
Bishops’ new guidelines condemn Reiki therapy as ‘superstition’
The U.S. bishops have published a new evaluation of the Reiki therapy. Calling the Japanese form of alternative medicine comparable... Read more
Thirty U.S. dioceses now participating in clergy leadership program
The Catholic Leadership Institute has announced that its new partnership with the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois means that thirty U.S.... Read more
Byzantine singing compared to ‘conversation with God’
For Byzantine Catholics, the chance to participate in liturgy is an opportunity to experience heaven on earth, according to John... Read more
