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Conference to tackle new president/principal model for Catholic schools
Catholic high school principals and presidents will gather for a weeklong conference, July 18-22, to acquire more knowledge and skills... Read more
Terri Schiavo’s parents to speak at Catholic family conference
Following a heartbreaking battle to save the life of their brain-damaged daughter last spring, Bob and Mary Schindler, parents of... Read more
Cardinal urges Senate to support umbilical cord blood stem-cell research
Cardinal William Keeler has urged the United States Senate to reject a bill supporting embryonic stem-cell research and pass other... Read more
Cardinal McCarrick says “evolution is fine--as long as there is room for a Creator”
Following a New York Times editorial by Vienna’s Cardinal Christoph Schonborn last week which stated that a “neo-Darwinist” idea of... Read more
Fort Worth Bishop dies; priest scheduled to be installed as Coadjutor will now become ordinary
In an very unusual turn of events, Most Reverend Kevin William Vann, scheduled to be installed as Coadjutor Bishop of... Read more
NY bishops push for veto on bill allowing Plan B without prescription
New York’s eight Catholic bishops have urged Gov. George Pataki to veto a bill that would make the morning-after pill,... Read more
Feminist forum claims women's rights at stake in court nominations
Feminists at a forum Monday said they would fight President George Bush’s nomination of a “strict constructionist” judge to the... Read more
Diocese of Tucson to emerge from bankruptcy
The Diocese of Tucson will emerge from bankruptcy thanks to a reorganization plan that has the archdiocese, insurers and parishes... Read more
Thomas More Law Center To argue For Reversal of $120M Verdict Against Pro-Lifers in the “Nuremberg Files” Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Portland, Oregon, will hear oral arguments today in one of... Read more
US not secular but ‘interfaith’ nation, says bishop Wensky
The Founding Fathers of the United States were right is setting up a limited government, yet these checks and balances... Read more
Pro-life expert decries ‘unconstitutionality’ ruling on partial birth abortion; calls for judges, not activists
In response to a federal appeals court which recently ruled that the U.S.’s ban on partial birth abortion is unconstitutional,... Read more
Catholic family conference opens on weekend
In an effort to strengthen family life and society through the Catholic faith, a number of organizations have collaborated to... Read more
Ave Maria University establishes Terri Schiavo Scholarship
In an attempt to weaken what John Paul II coined as the “Culture of Death”, Florida’s Ave Maria University has... Read more
L.A.’s largest class of priests celebrates golden anniversary
Fifteen priests of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are marking 50 years of service to the Church and to the... Read more
Priest who commissioned world’s largest crucifix dies
The founder of National Shrine and Parish of the Cross in the Woods in northern Michigan died July 7. At... Read more
Voice of the Faithful drafts demands on Catholic leaders; experts skeptical about loyalty to the Church
Voice of the Faithful, a group synonymous for many with anger and dissent, held their first meeting in three years... Read more
USCCB President expresses “support and concern” over London bombings
Following yesterday’s rush hour bombing of London’s mass transit system resulting in an estimated 50 dead and 700 injured, Bishop... Read more
Massachusetts legislation could allow Morning After Pill over the counter
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts State House passed legislation which could allow for the morning after pill, or Plan B, to... Read more
Catholic schools in the Bible-belt growing, despite national trend
A recent report showed signs that despite national trends to the contrary and an overwhelming protestant population, attendance at Catholic... Read more
Cardinal Egan asks deacons not to run for public office
Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Edward Egan recently notified deacons across the archdiocese that they should no longer run for... Read more
