TOWSON – Some 150 physicians, nurses, spiritual care/chaplains and hospital leaders gathered March 12 at St. Joseph Medical Center in an effort to better understand Catholic concerns about President Obama’s health care reform legislation, especially as it relates to freedom of conscience and government funding of abortion.Read More
WASHINGTON – The administrator of the Diocese of Charleston, S.C., said a pastor who told his parishioners they should refrain from receiving holy Communion if they voted for President-elect Barack Obama did not “adequately reflect the Catholic Church’s teaching” on abortion and conscience.Read More
Pro-life supporters from across the state plan to use the upcoming March 13 Maryland March for Life in Annapolis to build support for crisis pregnancy centers and defeat a bill they say would hinder outreach to expectant mothers.Read More
WASHINGTON – Amid ongoing battles between Republican governors and organized labor in Midwestern states, U.S. Catholic bishops have echoed the long-standing church tradition of workers’ rights.Read More
The docent inside the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton clicked his handheld counter twice as two more visitors entered the double doors leading into the domed basilica, tallying the meter to 134.Read More
MISHAWAKA, Ind. – Continuing a discussion begun at the Second Vatican Council, about 40 U.S. bishops gathered at the convent of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in Mishawaka for a Feb. 11-13 seminar exploring the relationship between doctrine and Scripture in Catholic teaching, especially in homilies.Read More
Parishioners of St. John The Evangelist sat in the pews of the Hydes church Nov. 8 sobbing, hugging one another and looking for solace. Parents wiped away tears of their young sons, some of whom were clad in Cub Scout uniforms.Read More
NEW YORK – Ongoing debate about climate change “has helped put into focus the inescapable responsibility of one and all to care for the environment,” the Vatican’s U.N. nuncio told the U.N. General Assembly Feb. 13.Read More
VATICAN CITY - As fighting between rebels and government forces in Libya intensified, Pope Benedict XVI called for aid and assistance to civilians caught in the conflict.Read More
Michael Thomas feels compelled to reach out to his spiritual predecessors. The Cardinal Gibbons School junior also wants to make sure ethnic genocide never happens again.Read More
WASHINGTON – Presidential politics might seem like an unusual topic for an associate professor of Jewish civilization at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service to tackle.Read More