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Legionaries of Christ barred from ministry in Archdiocese of Miami
On Thursday the Archdiocese of Miami published a short disclaimer on its website, without any link, announcing both in English... Read more
New York Times refuses to publish Archbishop Dolan's op-ed on anti-Catholic bias
The New York Times declined to publish an op-ed presented by the Archbishop of New York, Most Reverend Timothy M.... Read more
U.S. bishops launch grassroots effort to fight for Catholic concerns on health care
After attempting to persuade lawmakers to listen to Catholic concerns about health care reform, the United States Conference of Catholic... Read more
Anglican provision is a response to those ‘knocking at the door,’ former Westminster archbishop says
The Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster Cormac Murphy-O’Connor has issued an extended commentary on Pope Benedict XVI’s new provision for Anglicans... Read more
Ongoing pro-life campaign claims to have saved 2,000 babies from abortion
The 40 Days for Life campaign says that its participants have now helped save at least 2,000 babies from abortion... Read more
Pro-life Democrat group claims 40 lawmakers will vote against health care bill
Democrats for Life of America claims to have 40 congressmen who will vote against the House health care reform legislation... Read more
Pro-life group calls for boycott of cosmetics company using aborted fetal cells
The organization Children of God for Life released a statement on Tuesday blasting the pharmaceutical company Neocutis for using cells... Read more
FOCUS conference 'Made for More' to be held in Orlando
The Fellowship of Catholic University Students, a college campus outreach program focused on bringing students to Christ through Bible studies... Read more
Louisiania bishops join debate on health care with warning on protecting unborn
Health care is a basic right and its proposed reform must provide access for all while also excluding abortion funding... Read more
Critics slam HBO show that mocked Catholic devotion to Jesus
Catholic critics have reacted to an HBO show that had a scene showing a painting of Jesus being urinated on... Read more
President Obama signs federal hate crimes law under banner of change
President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law this afternoon in the... Read more
Catholic archbishops make ‘friendly wager’ on outcome of World Series
The Archbishops of New York and Philadelphia have made a “friendly wager” on the outcome of the 2009 World Series,... Read more
Texas Catholic bishops: Current health care bill fails to protect all human life
All of the Catholic bishops in Texas released a statement on health care reform on Tuesday, warning that the legislation currently... Read more
Benedict XVI appoints auxiliary bishop to Diocese of Joliet
The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Benedict has appointed Father Joseph Siegel as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese... Read more
Christians most numerous victims of religious freedom violations, archbishop tells U.N.
Christians suffer the greatest number of violations of religious freedom, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the apostolic nuncio who leads the Holy... Read more
U.S. bishops to vote on chairmen for five USCCB committees
With the approach of the U.S. bishops’ fall assembly, the nominations for five committee chairmanships of the U.S. Conference of... Read more
Archbishop Dolan plans to imitate Fulton Sheen and Cardinal O'Connor
Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York told EWTN host Raymond Arroyo in an interview last Friday on “The World Over... Read more
Archbishop Dolan asks Rep. Kennedy to apologize for ‘sad’ accusations
Joining the response to U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s charge that the Catholic bishops are spreading discord on health care reform,... Read more
Notre Dame 88 protester ready to choose family over fighting in court
A Denver mother who is one of the 88 pro-life protestors arrested for trespassing on the University of Notre Dame's campus... Read more
Rep. Stupak calls on President Obama to act in support of abortion funding restrictions
Pro-life Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) has called on President Obama to back up his stated support for the exclusion... Read more
