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Terri Schiavo documentary presents new information on case

Mar 24, 2009

Filmmakers have released a new documentary which they say reports previously unexplored facts about the legal battle surrounding Terri Schiavo... Read more

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Petition protesting Obama speech at Notre Dame nearing 90,000

Mar 24, 2009

In response to the announcement that the pro-abortion “rights” President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Notre Dame,... Read more

Bishop John D'Arcy

Bishop D’Arcy will not attend Notre Dame commencement featuring Obama

Mar 24, 2009

Bishop John M. D'Arcy has issued a statement saying that he won't be attending Notre Dame's commencement exercises, which will... Read more

Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger / RNC Chairman Michael Steel

Indiana bishop not to attend pro-life banquet featuring RNC head Steele

Mar 24, 2009

Saying there can be “no equivocation” about abortion, Bishop of Evansville, Indiana Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger has decided not to attend... Read more

Bishop Samuel Aquila

Bishop of Fargo calls for prayer and volunteers to fight record flood

Mar 23, 2009

Facing forecasts of severe floods, Bishop of Fargo Samuel Aquila has appealed for volunteers to combat the threat and has... Read more

Fr. John Jenkins CSC

ND President has no plans to withdraw Obama invitation

Mar 23, 2009

Notre Dame’s commencement invitation to President Barack Obama has become more controversial with the university's president, Fr. John Jenkins CSC, saying that he... Read more

Justice Antonin Scalia / Rep. Barney Frank

Prominent Congressman refers to Justice Scalia as ‘that homophobe’

Mar 23, 2009

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) in a Friday interview called U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a “homophobe,” criticizing his likely... Read more

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Petition protests Obama’s invite to speak at Notre Dame

Mar 23, 2009

Upon hearing the announcement that President Obama is scheduled to speak at the University of Notre Dame’s commencement exercises in... Read more

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NRO draws top Catholic analysts into Notre Dame's Obama invite row

Mar 23, 2009

Under the title “A Moral Exemplar? Should the University of Notre Dame honor our most anti-life president?” National Review Online... Read more

Archbishop Allen Vigneron / Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

Pope rapidly fills Diocese of Oakland vacancy

Mar 23, 2009

This morning Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone to become the next Bishop of Oakland, Calif.  Currently serving... Read more

Megan Nicole Kanka

‘Megan’s Law’ proposed to complement human trafficking laws

Mar 22, 2009

A proposed Congressional bill, the International Megan’s Law, is being introduced to complement existing human trafficking laws by notifying foreign... Read more

Skip Armstrong stands by a 16-foot-tall door he carved / Photo

Doors open for Oregon wood carver

Mar 22, 2009

When worshipers walk through the doors of St. Mary Church in Boise, Idaho, they are joining as allies of Good... Read more

Bishop-designation Robert E. Guglielmone

Diocese of Charleston to broadcast bishop's ordination online

Mar 22, 2009

The Diocese of Charleston has announced that the ordination Mass for the new Bishop of Charleston will take place on... Read more

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Spiritual care part of recovery at Catholic hospitals

Mar 21, 2009

Late last year, Larry Dingman was suffering from a painful spinal infection that put him in “sheer misery.” Two operations... Read more

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Catholic ‘complacency’ shares blame for country’s failures, Archbishop Chaput says

Mar 21, 2009

Archbishop of Denver Charles J. Chaput delivered a speech on Saturday reflecting on the significance of the November 2008 election.... Read more

Catholic, pro-life organizations call on Notre Dame to cancel Obama commencement address

Mar 21, 2009

On Friday Catholic and pro-life organizations responded to the announcement that the University of Notre Dame, one of the oldest... Read more

Senior Harvard AIDS Prevention Researcher Dr. Edward Green

Harvard Researcher agrees with Pope on condoms in Africa

Mar 21, 2009

Pope Benedict’s recent brief remark against condoms has caused an uproar in the press, but several prominent scientists dedicated to... Read more

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Religious rights groups defend minister placed in jail for quoting Bible to judge

Mar 20, 2009

The Washington D.C.-based Becket Fund, a nonpartisan interfaith public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious... Read more

Professors Douglas Kmiec and Robert George

Catholic scholars square off over Obama’s ‘misleading’ stand on cloning

Mar 20, 2009

President Barack Obama’s position on human cloning was debated in a recent e-mail exchange between Doug Kmiec and Robert P.... Read more

State Department spokesman Robert Wood

U.S. pledges support for U.N. gender identity statement

Mar 20, 2009

The United States supports the U.N. Statement on “Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,” a State Department spokesman said... Read more