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What will really happen this week at the USCCB meeting
Since the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States, several Catholic commentators have speculated on... Read more
Couple helps Catholics live out the full calling of marriage
A San Antonio couple is pushing for a true renewal of the Sacrament of Marriage in the Catholic Church through... Read more
Ukrainian Catholics in U.S. to remember Communist-inflicted famine
The Most Rev. Stefan Soroka, the highest-ranking leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States, will hold a... Read more
Obama should ‘pick up the phone’ in U.S.-Vatican relations, John Allen says
Vatican expert John Allen has written an open letter to President-elect Barack Obama discussing how the U.S. government and the... Read more
Kmiec pro-life strategy criticized as ‘implausible’
Discussion continues over Pepperdine University law professor and pro-life Catholic Doug Kmiec’s arguments on behalf of the pro-abortion rights President-elect... Read more
Prof. Robert George receives U.N. appointment
Intellectual heavyweight, Professor Robert P. George, has received an appointment as a member of the World Commission on the Ethics... Read more
Florida bishop counsels Biden to examine conscience before Communion
Bishop John Ricard of the Diocese of Tallahassee-Pensacola has written to vice-President-elect Sen. Joseph Biden regarding his recent attendance at... Read more
Obama's aunt to fight deportation from U.S.
President-elect Obama’s aunt, who is living in the U.S. illegally, will fight a deportation order, her lawyer says. Read more
Pro-legal abortion Catholic wins hotly contested congressional seat
Thomas Perriello, a Catholic who is in favor of legalized abortion has defeated Republican incumbent Virgil Goode by 648 votes... Read more
Knights of Columbus congratulate Obama, celebrate pro-marriage votes
Mr. Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, released a statement on Friday extending his congratulations to... Read more
Becket Fund to Award Canterbury Medal to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap.
For his bold defense of the role of Church in the public square, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has... Read more
Future Obama abortion legislation will violate conscience rights, PRI president says
President-elect Barack Obama’s concessions to his pro-abortion rights supporters will include the appointment of abortion-friendly Supreme Court justices and the... Read more
Churchgoing Catholics chose McCain over Obama
Exit polls are reporting that more weekly churchgoing Catholics voted for John McCain than for President-elect Barack Obama, slightly favoring... Read more
Most Catholic college students are inconsistent Catholics, study shows
A new survey from the Cardinal Newman Society’s (CNS) Center for the Study of Catholic Higher Education finds that most... Read more
‘Frivolous and regrettable’ lawsuits filed against victorious Proposition 8
Opponents of California’s Proposition 8, which on Tuesday successfully restored the definition of marriage to be between one man and... Read more
Pro-life leaders urge hope and renewed outreach following election
Despite the defeat of pro-life state ballot initiatives and the victory of presidential and congressional candidates who favor legalized abortion,... Read more
Young New Yorker leaves police force to become priest
At the age of 25, Nicolas Fernandez had all of the qualities needed to be a great policeman and his... Read more
Doug Kmiec to give election ‘post-mortem’ at Calif. seminary
St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California has invited Pepperdine University law professor and Obama backer Doug Kmiec to give an... Read more
Ordinance designed to advance gay 'rights' overturned by voters
Voters in the town of Hamtramck, Michigan have overturned an ordinance which would have given legal protections to homosexual behavior,... Read more
Conservatives see same-sex marriage victories as proof of Americans' values
U.S. conservative leaders reacted to Tuesday’s election results by noting that although Americans elected Barack Obama as the next president,... Read more
