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USCCB insists: White House spreading falsehoods about contraceptive mandate
Less than a month after the Catholic Health Association (CHA) praised the appointment of Cecilia Muñoz as the Obama administration's director of domestic policy council, Muñoz took critics ...
Cardinal Levada: 4,000 abuse cases referred to CDF in past decade
In an address to a Vatican conference on sexual abuse, Cardinal William Levada said that more than 4,000 cases involving the sexual abuse of minors have been referred to the Congregation ...
Honduran cardinal denounces violence, drug culture
At a Mass attended by President Porfirio Lobo and other civil leaders, Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa lamented the violence afflicting Honduras, which has a murder rate ...
Sebelius: HHS mandate strikes 'right balance' between health, religious concerns
Writing in USA Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius insisted that the Obama administration is "working to strike the right balance between respecting religious ...
Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
L'Osservatore Romano has published a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. "As Churchill divined, the British people that day lost one ...
'6 things everyone should know about the HHS mandate'
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has released a statement that offers "clarifications regarding the Health and Human Services regulations on mandatory coverage of ...
Vatican issues another defense against financial corruption charges
The Vatican has issued a new response to charges of financial mismanagement, saying that accusations of cronyism are based on "incorrect evaluations, or are based on fears not backed up by ...
Abuse victims among speakers at Vatican conference on abuse scandal
Representatives of 100 bishops' conferences and 30 religious orders are meeting in Rome from February 6-9 to discuss the clerical abuse scandal. Abuse victims are among the conference ...
Pope speaks on faith in the face of illness
At his Angelus audience on Sunday, February 5, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the physical cures that Jesus performed, recorded frequently in the Gospels. All four Gospels, the Pope ...
Ireland not ready to receive Pope, says archbishop
Ireland is not prepared to receive a visit by Pope Benedict XVI, the Archbishop of Dublin has said. Speaking on RTE radio, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said that Pope Benedict is still ...
Prelate describes how current, former Anglicans can enter US ordinariate
Father Jeffrey Steenson, the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, has issued his first pastoral letter. The ordinariate was established on January 1 to assist ...
Army censors archbishop's letter on HHS mandate
The US Army has instructed Catholic chaplains not to read a letter from the archbishop responsible for the military forces. Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Archdiocese of the ...
HHS mandate: Catholic governor criticizes 'hyperventilating'
A Catholic governor has defended the Obama adminstration's contraceptive-coverage mandate, which would compel many Catholic institutions to offer coverage for contraception and ...
Priest murdered in Mexico
The president of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) has announced that one of his archdiocesan priests was murdered on January 28. Father Jenaro Aviña García, 63, heard a ...
Archbishop Chaput airs anger over theft of archdiocesan funds
Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has written that the faithful of the archdiocese are right to be angry over reports that a senior financial offered stole $900,000 from the ...
Illinois priest resigns, refuses to use new translation
An Illinois priest has resigned from active ministry, refusing to accept his bishop's directive that he must use the new English translation of the Roman Missal. Father William Rowe ...
Vatican spokesman discusses abuse, financial scandals
It is imperative "to show a firm determination to continue to give a coherent witness to moral values" in the face of the sexual abuse and financial scandals that have affected the Church, ...
Jesuit college backs down, permits lesbian couple to enter Valentine's contest
A Jesuit college in Philadelphia is permitting a lesbian alumni couple to enter its "How I Met My Hawk Mate" Valentine's Day contest. The Saint Joseph's University Alumni Association ...
Mandate is Obama's latest in string of offenses against Catholics, columnist notes
Writing for Catholic Vote.org, Tom Hoopes lists 10 ways in which the Obama administration has offended Catholic voters with its policies. The HHS mandate, he notes, is one in a long line ...
Blatant media bias seen in Komen-Planned Parenthood controversy
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has some trenchant observations on the remarkably one-sided media coverage of the furor over the Komen Foundation's short-lived decision to stop its ...