CLINTON, N.J. – Once a month, Pat Brisson enters the gates of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton to spend an evening with as many as 60 inmates. To Brisson, however, they are not just convicted criminals; they are also loving mothers.Read More
WASHINGTON – In actions to fight state efforts to legalize same-sex marriage during 2010, the U.S. bishops reiterated the church’s teaching on the sanctity of marriage, made their Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage a permanent subcommittee and distributed materials explaining the Catholic view of traditional marriage.Read More
WASHINGTON – You’d think Bono, the lead singer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band U2 and a social activist on the side, could open just about any door he wanted.Read More
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) -- Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, the first woman elected president of the U.N. General Assembly since 1969, is the 2007 winner of the Path to Peace Award.Read More
George Weigel (CR, Dec. 2) cites the horrific murder of 50 Christians in Iraq and calls readers to awake to the evils of radical Islam. The Catholic Church is taken to task for being too soft on “radical” Islam, just as it was on Communism. He refers to the persecution of Christian Palestinians by Muslim...Read More
WASHINGTON – With the June 7 failure of a procedural vote intended to bring the bill to a vote, the Senate’s attempt to pass comprehensive immigration reform will go back behind the scenes, though the bill’s backers in both parties vowed to bring it to the floor again.Read More
Two curators of a national exhibition highlighting Pope John Paul II’s relationship with Jews recently honored Cardinal William H. Keeler, a longtime advocate of interfaith understanding.Read More
The ladies of the Magnificat Mom’s Club gathered 50 women at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Edgewater, parish hall for a day of pampering and activities created just for them. Throughout the day the ladies were treated to pottery classes, Mary Kay Cosmetic representatives, jazzercise classes, scrapbook activities and a planting project. The ladies were...Read More