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FOCUS adds 12 new universities to national campus outreach
The Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) has added 12 new universities to its campus outreach for the 2009-2010 school... Read more
Church will have no part in health care that destroys life, New York archbishop insists
“Health care reform is a good thing,” New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan told CNA on Wednesday during in interview in... Read more
Bishop Lori addresses the fear and ‘scandal’ of death
The Supreme Chaplain for the Knights of Columbus, Bishop William Lori, spoke to the Knights during their memorial Mass for... Read more
Sacramento bishop's cause for beatification advances, testimonies being gathered
In October of 1991, Auxiliary Bishop Alfonso Gallegos of Sacramento died in a car accident. His Christian virtues, his defense... Read more
Wyoming family wins ‘Family of the Year’
The Vetter family of Torrington, Wyoming is this year’s recipient of the Knights of Columbus award for Family of the... Read more
New pro-life campaign will insist that abortion is not health care
Pro-life advocates hoping to ensure that abortion is not furthered in proposed health care legislation are planning a campaign of... Read more
Vatican visitation of women religious to look at fidelity to doctrine and charism
The Apostolic Visitator leading the visitation to institutes of women religious in the United States has sent the effort’s working... Read more
Abortion must be left out of heath care reform, Carl Anderson stresses
While presenting the Knight’s annual report on Tuesday, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson insisted that health care reform measures must not “become... Read more
American Catholics should expect opposition from secular society, Cardinal Levada says
On the second day of the Knights of Columbus’ annual conference, Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for... Read more
Tim Ryan's bishop opposes his abortion bill over contraception
Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio George Murry, SJ, has voiced his opposition to a bill sponsored by Ohio U.S. Rep. Tim... Read more
Supreme Knight calls members to stand by the Church, reflects on past year
At Tuesday’s opening session of the Knights of Columbus' annual convention, the Supreme Knight, Carl Anderson, presented his 2009 report... Read more
Groups pledge to help defend Virginia city’s customary prayer at public meetings
Following complaints from a Wisconsin-based atheist group against a Virginia city that opens public meetings with prayer, the Alliance Defense... Read more
Knights to host Guadalupe Festival after Marian Congress
A capacity crowd is expected to attend a celebration commemorating the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to St. Juan... Read more
Benedict XVI, Obama send greetings to K of C
The greetings of several heads of state were read at this afternoon’s opening meeting at the Knights of Columbus convention... Read more
Bridgeport Diocese rejects reports of nunnery threat as 'untrue'
Reports that an accountant and a priest at a Catholic parish in Connecticut were mistreated and threatened by the Diocese... Read more
Miraculous image experts to speak at Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Knights of Columbus is preparing to host a Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe which not only will feature... Read more
Phoenix bishop encourages Knights to overcome their fears
Nearly 2,500 Knights and their families gathered in Phoenix’s JW Marriot Desert Ridge Resort to celebrate their annual convention’s opening... Read more
Catholic Charities receives large federal contract for disaster relief
Catholic Charities USA has received a five-year, 100 million dollar federal contract to aid in disaster relief throughout the United... Read more
Capps amendment is a 'phony compromise,' Rep. Stupak says
Catholics United has once again come out in defense of the health care reform bill, claiming that the recently approved... Read more
Catholic congressman: I'd rather save my soul than vote for the health care bill
Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, (R-New Orleans), the first Vietnamese-American congressman and a Catholic, announced this past weekend that, because of... Read more
