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NEW YORK – A conversation between the Catholic theologian Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete and the outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens was billed as an inquiry into the question “Does science make belief in God obsolete?”

WASHINGTON – Despite evidence that sex-selection abortions may be occurring in the United States, U.S. law affords “less protection from sex-based feticide” than India or China do, according to proposed legislation that is to be introduced soon in the House of Representatives.

As a lifelong democrat, I am not happy that most representatives in my party are pro-choice. But then, I am not a one-issue voter.

Three years ago, Elizabeth Monaghan was simply enjoying her job as an English professor at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg.

Cardinal Gibbons Cardinal James Gibbons served as Archbishop of Baltimore for 44 years (1877-1921) in his hometown. When named a bishop, he was the youngest one in the American church. Cardinal Gibbons served as advisor to several presidents on Catholic issues, and he helped generations of Catholic immigrants join American society, rallying for labor unions. He defended the poor and preached morality. A statue in his honor was dedicated in 1967 on the grounds of the Baltimore Basilica.

ANNAPOLIS – Clergy members criticized the death penalty as immoral in testimony before a commission that will make recommendations to state lawmakers by year’s end.

VATICAN CITY – The current financial crisis pummeling the United States and beyond is a sign that the so-called “new economy” and its risky investments have failed, the Vatican newspaper said.