Last November, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops overwhelmingly approved the document, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States.”
Last November, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops overwhelmingly approved the document, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States.”

Mount St. Joseph High School president Brother James M. Kelly, C.F.X., recently approached a longtime supporter of the school with a request that might not be too popular in these days of financial belt-tightening.
Perhaps the greatest glory of the Catholic Church today is her public stand against the culture of death. Many of our Catholic bishops have clearly presented the church’s teaching on life issues in recent weeks. They have responded charitably to statements by Catholic politicians who attempt to justify their own support for pro-abortion legislation. Unfortunately, it seems that many liberal Catholics are just going to continue to disagree with church teaching.

WASHINGTON – As pollsters and political analysts try to predict the outcome of the election, Latino voters have become a target for intense attention – by tea-leaf readers as well as the candidates.
PORTLAND, Ore. – An Oregon divorce ruling that frozen embryos can be considered as property confirms an outcome predicted and feared by Catholic leaders decades ago.
VATICAN CITY – The world Synod of Bishops on the Bible “is meant to change Catholic culture,” said Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa.

Teach the children well, so they may learn the ways of God before the ways of the gangs.

The stock market is ebbing and flowing, banks are seeking bailouts and businesses across the country are struggling.
VATICAN CITY – Whether a patient wants physicians to do everything possible to save his or her life or simply wants ordinary care, doctors must form a “therapeutic alliance” with each patient, Pope Benedict XVI said.

CAIRO, Egypt – The kids chasing a pigeon on a school patio in a crowded Cairo neighborhood have the usual childhood dreams of growing up to be doctors, teachers or engineers. The hurdles they face, however, are anything but ordinary.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Gospels provide a framework for Christian life and vocation ministry, said a speaker at the National Religious Vocation Conference’s biennial convocation Oct. 9-13 in Louisville.

At a time when a rising tide of secularism threatened the church’s existence in Germany, a young Bavarian woman took a stand for her faith that would touch the lives of millions throughout the world for 175 years.
