Articles by Carl E. Olson

Deacon Greg Kendra has posted a link to and excerpt from a January 8th Los Angeles Times piece, “Child sexual abuse cases in Hollywood attract attention”, which breaks news that is probably surprising only to […]

From yesterday’s edition of The New York Times: MANCHESTER, N.H. — Five former ambassadors to the Vatican endorsed Mitt Romney on Saturday, choosing a Mormon over two Roman Catholic rivals in the race for the […]

Here is the official announcement, on the Archdiocese of New York website. More from the New York Times: Eight of the ten archbishops in the history of the New York archdiocese have been named cardinals, […]

Editor’s note: The following post was written by Philip F. Lawler, editor emeritus of Catholic World Report. He is the editor of Catholic World News (cwnews.com) and author of The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of […]

As reported by the Associated Baptist Press: More than 60 Protestant and Orthodox Jewish religious leaders wrote the White House Dec. 21 asking President Obama not to implement a mandate requiring all private insurers to […]

The Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has released its 2009-2010 annual report, and the numbers are big, especially the number of babies killed and the amount of money collected. CNSNews.com summarizes some of the most […]

A few weeks ago it seemed that Rick Santorum couldn’t pay the media to pay attention to his campaign. Now, having traversed the state of Iowa relentlessly for weeks on end, he has a very […]

Certainly. And Leon Wieseltier sets out to explain how in his scathing review of Alex Rosenberg’s book, The Atheist’s Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life Without Illusions: Is there a god? No. What is the nature of […]

From Vatican Information Service: VATICAN CITY, 3 JAN 2012 (VIS) – Yesterday the episcopal conferences of Mexico and Cuba published separate press communiques announcing details of Benedict XVI’s forthcoming visit to those countries, due to […]