Contact Us | Report Misconduct | Catholic Review | Policies | Employment | myArch | Outlook365

News

January 19, 2012

Science, religion not in conflict, bishops say in stem-cell document

WASHINGTON – The brief policy statement on embryonic stem-cell research that is to come before the U.S. bishops at their June 12-14 meeting in Orlando, Fla., is designed to set the stage for a later, more pastoral document explaining why the Catholic Church opposes some reproductive technologies.
Read More
January 19, 2012

Cardinal outlines rationale behind three pro-life bills before House

WASHINGTON – Three pieces of pro-life legislation supported by the U.S. bishops face “a very positive outlook” in the House, but their prospects remain in question in the Senate, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said Jan. 25.
Read More
January 19, 2012

Pope emphasizes that theology, Scripture must go hand in hand

VATICAN CITY – In his first address to the world Synod of Bishops on the Bible, Pope Benedict XVI underlined that theology and Scriptures must go hand in hand with exegetical studies.
Read More
January 19, 2012

Response to war, violence must be love, compassion, priest says

BURLINGAME, Calif. – The response to terrorism should not be war and violence, but love and compassion, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale said May 1 at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Burlingame.
Read More
January 19, 2012

Events in Washington, around US to mark 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of pro-lifers from all over the United States are expected to travel to the nation’s capital for events marking the Jan. 22 anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
Read More
January 19, 2012

Ecumenical delegates tell synod Bible unites Christians

VATICAN CITY – The Bible unites Christians, calls them to task for the divisions they have allowed to endure and urges them to reach out to the world’s poor and suffering, said ecumenical delegates to the world Synod of Bishops.
Read More
January 19, 2012

Aid agencies accept donations for victims of Myanmar cyclone

WASHINGTON – International aid agencies are accepting donations for victims of the May 3 cyclone that hit Myanmar.
Read More
January 19, 2012

Shriver, Peace Corps founder and leader in war on poverty, dies at 95

BETHESDA – R. Sargent Shriver, the founder and first director of the Peace Corps, a major figure in the war on poverty and the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1972, died Jan. 18 in a Bethesda hospital at age 95.
Read More
January 19, 2012

Cafardi resigns as Catholic university trustee after backing Obama

WASHINGTON – Following his public endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, a Catholic legal scholar has resigned from the board of trustees at Ohio’s Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Read More
January 19, 2012

Once upon a sweatshirt

A sweatshirt was generously given to me some months ago by a well-meaning individual during one of my parish visits with a logo on the front that reads:
Read More
January 19, 2012

Vatican officials, Catholics on the street talk about Pope John Paul

VATICAN CITY – Vatican officials, Catholic leaders around the world and ordinary people on the streets and in St. Peter’s Square were more pleased than surprised by news that Pope John Paul II will be beatified May 1.
Read More
January 19, 2012

In reports from continents, bishops stress Bible-related priorities

VATICAN CITY – Translating the Bible, making a copy affordable, helping people understand it and, especially, helping people live its message are important tasks for the Catholic Church, although the priorities differ from continent to continent.
Read More
1 … 1,522 1,523 1,524 1,525 1,526 … 1,758
En español »