Articles by Carl E. Olson

  From an article in yesterday’s edition of The Hill: Pressure to roll back the new contraception policy mounted quickly as the day wore on, driven by divisions among Democrats, mixed messages from President Obama’s […]

… and relegated to a private realm where it cannot interfere with secularism’s totalitarian agenda. I realize that in using that particular term, I’m dropping a rhetorical bomb, but I am not doing so casually. […]

From Vatican Information Service: The prayer of Jesus at the moment of His death, as narrated by St. Mark and St. Matthew was the theme of Benedict XVI’s catechesis during his general audience, held this […]

Now that the USCCB and dozens of bishops have sounded off against the Obama administration’s outrageous contraceptive mandate, I think it’s safe to say that the question on the mind of many Catholics is: “When […]

Six things to know, from the USCCB blog: 1. The mandate does not exempt Catholic charities, schools, universities, or hospitals. These institutions are vital to the mission of the Church, but HHS does not deem […]

“A federal appeals court Tuesday”, reports the Los Angeles Times, “overturned Proposition 8 on narrow grounds, ruling that Californians took away a right from a minority group without justification when they approved the 2008 ban […]

From Vatican Information Service: VATICAN CITY, 7 FEB 2012 (VIS) – Made public today was the 2012 Lenten Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI, the title of which is taken from the Letter to […]

Rod Dreher blogs about Russell Shaw’s January 27th CWR piece, “Culture and Evangelization”: The force of the mainstream cultural current is so strong that it often seems the only communities that successfully resist it are […]

From ZENIT: This Monday through Thursday, the Gregorian University will host the international symposium “Towards Healing and Renewal,” on the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. One of the greatest hopes is that the symposium […]