Abortion, "right to die" legislation, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and same sex marriage are the five fundamental and... Read more
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) launched a nationwide two-week ad campaign on stem-cell research today. Read more
The English translation of Pope John Paul II’s latest book, entitled "Rise, Let Us Be on Our Way," has hit... Read more
The Christian Legal Society chapter at the University of California, Hastings College of Law, filed a lawsuit Oct. 22 against... Read more
The spokeswoman for the Association of Abortion Victims (AAV) in Spain, Victoria Uroz, denounced the Red Cross this week for... Read more
The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, warned this week that if the current political confrontations are not... Read more
Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez of San Juan, Puerto Rico, issued a Pastoral Letter on the Family this past weekend in which... Read more
An ad campaign intended to stem anti-Semitism in France got pulled at the last minute after its blatant disrespect for... Read more
The President of the Colombian Bishops Conference, Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz, denounced a Danish non-governmental organization this week for making... Read more
Knights of Columbus CEO Carl A. Anderson, consultor to the Pontifical Council on Justice and Peace who were meeting in... Read more
The first International Meeting on Pastoral Care for Street Children was inaugurated yesterday in the Vatican by the Pontifical Council... Read more
Pope John Paul II received 800 fellow Poles from the newly instituted diocese of Bydgoszcz in Poland, this morning who,... Read more
Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, presented the 500-page "Compendium of the Social Doctrine... Read more
Pope John Paul II sent a telegram to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, expressing his deep sadness upon learning... Read more
James Cardinal Hickey, former archbishop of Washington from 1980 to 2000, died yesterday in a local nursing home, run by... Read more
Fr. Larry Snyder, who is currently executive director of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, has been named president... Read more
In a campaign speech given in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday, Sen. John Kerry, hoping to win undecided Catholic voters,... Read more
In the wake of Sen. John Kerry’s speech on his faith in Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday, Catholic organizations in America... Read more
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has voiced his support for the cloning of human embryos for medical research in comments... Read more
In his homily during the Mass for the inauguration of the academic year of ecclesiastical universities on Saturday October 23,... Read more