Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming trip to Mexico will bring the pontiff to a country much transformed since the path-breaking visits of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, whom some credit for the radical changes that […]
On January 20, 2012, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized its August 2011 mandate requiring virtually all employers to provide insurance coverage for sterilization and contraceptives, including long-lasting injections and implants, […]
2012 looks to shape up as another big year for stories about the Catholic Church abuse narrative. As things appear now, jury selection for the high-profile trial of priests in Philadelphia will begin on February […]
The Enneagram is a nine-sided figure that looks like a theorem straight from Euclid’s Elements. Instead of teaching basic mathematical facts, however, the Enneagram purports to teach a path to enlightenment, a path that Church […]
Over the last decade the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) channeled $7.3 million of parishioners’ money to ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Finally, last fall the CCHD reluctantly stopped payments to […]
Speaking to Planned Parenthood on July 17, 2007, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama said, “The first thing I’d do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA). Will he get that chance? It is […]
In February, the Boston Globe revealed that Caritas Christi, the health care arm of the Boston archdiocese, was a leading contender to win a lucrative contract from the Massachusetts state government. Under the terms of […]
On May 17, Notre Dame conferred upon Barack Obama an honorary law degree even as the US president geared up to pass more laws that would violate fundamental moral teachings of the Church. Thunderous applause […]
During a 2007 BBC radio interview, the archbishop of Canterbury deconstructed elements of the Nativity story. “Stars simply don’t behave like that,” Rowan Williams said. Asked about the existence of three wise men, he replied, […]
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