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Thomas More Law Center asks court to rehear case on Nativity ban
The Thomas More Law Center has petitioned the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to rehear a... Read more
U.S. bishops congratulate Haitian people and President-elect Préval
The U.S. Catholic bishops congratulated the Haitian people and president-elect, René Préval, on the success of their recent elections and... Read more
Chicago missions encourage evangelization, faith growth
The Archdiocese of Chicago has launched a new mission that it hopes will bring about an evangelical revival among Catholics. Read more
Supreme Court agrees to review partial birth abortion ban
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Bush administration’s appeal of a ruling in Gonzales v. Carhart, 05-... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI Names Archbishop Seán O'Malley To The College Of Cardinals
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, announced today at the Vatican that Archbishop Seán P. O'Malley, O.F.M., Cap. has been named... Read more
New documentary tells tales of Christian persecution
Christians continue to be persecuted and treated unfairly around the world. In an effort to make their experiences more known,... Read more
Conference to mark 40th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, discuss Islam
Brandeis University and Boston College, through its Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, will co-sponsor a two-day conference next month to mark... Read more
Cardinal McCarrick takes on plight of Holy Land Christians
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, D.C., has taken a keener interest in the plight of Holy Land Christians and,... Read more
New York Appellate Court rejects same-sex marriage
New York’s second highest court ruled Feb. 16 that same-sex couples have no right to a marriage license under existing... Read more
JustFaith program ‘transforms’ lives, emphasizes Catholic social teaching
Dozens of Portland-area Catholics are following a new program, which has been transforming lives through the social teachings of the... Read more
Catholic-Buddhist dialogue continues
Buddhists and Christians learned more about their most basic, if contrasting, convictions and agreed to develop more collaborative social justice... Read more
South Dakota takes one more step toward banning abortion
The South Dakota Senate State Affairs Committee passed legislation Feb. 17 that will ban abortion in the state. HB 1215... Read more
Catholic League president denounces hypocrisy in treatment of Cartoons in University.
Catholic League president William Donohue, decried the suspensions of the editor-in-chief and the opinions page editor of the Daily Illini,... Read more
More than 50 percent of marriages in which the couples lived together before they married end in divorce, James Healy, director of the Office of Family Ministry for the Diocese of Joliet, told a group
More than 50 percent of marriages in which the couples lived together before they married end in divorce, James Healy,... Read more
New archbishop of San Francisco sets out pastoral plan
The new archbishop of San Francisco revealed important aspects of his pastoral plan Wednesday during his installation ceremony at St.... Read more
Catholic League demands that anti-Catholic ads be pulled
The Fairness Foundation should immediately pull its ads that single out the billing practices of Catholic hospitals in Chicago and... Read more
Can Islam and Christianity coexist? Vatican expert hopeful, but wary
Sandro Magister, one of the world’s foremost experts on the Vatican and religious relations, told a crowd gathered in Denver... Read more
Women's Cancer Deaths Up, Men's Down -- Women's Group Berates American Cancer Society
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, a women's group, is aiming critics against the American Cancer Society (ACS) today because women's... Read more
Catholic men’s conference slated for March 4
A Catholic conference for men will be held March 4 at in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. “Answer the Call” will... Read more
Opus Dei demands cuts to Da Vinci Code
Stating that it does not intend to organize any boycotts, Opus Dei has once again asked Sony Pictures to consider... Read more
