US News

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi accused of muzzling opposition to taxpayer-funded D.C. abortions

Jul 18, 2009

Despite bipartisan efforts from pro-life congressmen, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed legislation allowing taxpayer-funded abortion in the District... Read more

Maine Gov. John Baldacci

Maine marriage restoration effort collects signatures and half-million in donations

Jul 17, 2009

Marriage restoration advocates have raised almost $350,000 between June 3 and July 3 in their effort to return the state’s... Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court

Connecticut diocese appeals to U.S. Supreme Court over privacy concerns

Jul 17, 2009

The Diocese of Bridgeport is involved in a protracted legal battle to keep the personnel files of some of its employees private... Read more

Bishop Daniel Walsh

Bishop encourages Catholics to confession, the ‘oil change for the soul’

Jul 17, 2009

Comparing the Sacrament of Penance to “an oil change for the soul” and weeding one’s garden, Bishop of Santa Rosa,... Read more

SCC President Jeremiah Ashcroft

Southern Catholic College to become Legion of Christ institution

Jul 16, 2009

The Legion of Christ and Southern Catholic College have agreed to make the school a Legion institution, saying the move... Read more

Ron Johnson speaks with Sen. Dean Martin on Feb. 1 in front of the state capitol.

‘Extraordinary’ Arizona legislative session witnesses pro-life victories

Jul 16, 2009

The Arizona Catholic Conference says the latest state legislature session was “truly extraordinary” and possibly the most pro-life session in... Read more

Illinois State Capitol building

Illinois parents claim victory as federal court reinstates parental notification on abortion

Jul 15, 2009

In what one pro-life leader called an “incredible victory” for parents and children, a federal court has lifted an injunction... Read more

CNA

House Rules Committee blocks vote on amendment to restore D.C. abortion funding ban

Jul 15, 2009

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday voted against a rule that would allow a House floor vote of an appropriations... Read more

Dr. Regina Benjamin

Catholic surgeon general nominee supports Obama abortion stance, White House says

Jul 15, 2009

Speculation about whether President Barack Obama’s new nominee for surgeon general is a pro-life Catholic has been circulating in the... Read more

Fr. Thomas Berg

Former Legion priest discusses way forward for the movement

Jul 15, 2009

In a recent interview, a former member of the Legionaries of Christ, Fr. Thomas Berg, addressed both the strengths and... Read more

Presiding Episcopal Bishop Kathleen Jefferts Schori

Episcopal Church leaders vote to allow ordination of homosexual bishops

Jul 15, 2009

Turmoil in the Anglican Communion appears set to increase following Episcopal Church leaders’ approval of a resolution to ordain homosexual... Read more

Science Czar John Holdren

Obama’s science czar does not support coercive population control, spokesman says

Jul 15, 2009

The office of President Obama’s “science czar” John Holdren has responded to concerns Holdren co-authored a book which allegedly contained... Read more

Observers see ‘double standard’ in hearings for Catholic Supreme Court justices

Jul 15, 2009

A prominent commentator and a prominent law professor have questioned whether there is a “double standard” in the treatment of... Read more

George Weigel

Weigel revisits social encyclical's analysis of ‘moral ecology’

Jul 14, 2009

George Weigel has provided a second reaction to Pope Benedict XVI’s latest encyclical “Caritas In Veritate,” saying the document raises... Read more

Norma McCorvey

'Jane Roe’ arrested after protest at Sotomayor confirmation hearing

Jul 14, 2009

Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” in the U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision Roe v. Wade, was removed from the Senate... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith speaking Tuesday afternoon

Health care bill drawing bipartisan fire over abortion funding

Jul 14, 2009

As Congress prepares to consider President Obama's health care reform this week, the legislation is drawing opposition from both sides... Read more

Vatican paper finds good and bad in new Harry Potter movie

Jul 14, 2009

In an article entitled, “Magic is no longer a surprising trick,” the Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano has reviewed the new... Read more

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Prominent Kennedy’s ‘bogus and embarrassing’ remarks set Obama over Pope, critic says

Jul 14, 2009

Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend’s recent Newsweek editorial claiming President Barack Obama represents U.S. Catholics better than Pope... Read more

Robert Eric McFadden

Former Catholic Democratic leader pleads guilty to prostituting 17-year-old

Jul 13, 2009

R. Eric McFadden, a former leader of several Democrat-leaning Catholic groups, has pled guilty to two counts of compelling prostitution... Read more

Dr. House

Vatican newspaper analyzes successful TV series 'House'

Jul 13, 2009

In an article titled “What if the Cynical Dr. House was Good?” L'Osservatore Romano reviews the book “Dr. House: Madness... Read more