In 2007, the Archdiocese of Washington, facing mounting education debts, announced that it would convert seven of its 11 inner-city District of Columbia schools into public charter schools, the first time an archdiocese has ever […]
On Thursday, October 2, 2008, undertakers at a small cemetery in Rednal, Worcestershire, England, attempted to dig out a 119-year-old coffin containing the Venerable John Henry Newman. The plan, approved by the Vatican and the […]
“Bishop decries ‘combative tactics’ of a minority of US bishops,” ran a headline in the National Catholic Reporter, a newspaper known for its own combative tactics. A bishop who gives an interview to the proudly […]
A thought experiment: Imagine you are an operating room nurse. You have built an excellent career and are skilled in a variety of challenging procedures. You work in an outpatient clinic with a cooperative, effective […]
Claiming that they are attempting to address the “serious deterioration of the US Church today,” organizers of a new Catholic reform organization are planning a national conclave in 2011 called the American Catholic Council. In […]
Catholic-Orthodox relations, which had already been advancing since Pope Benedict XVI’s election in 2005, have accelerated sharply this year. But after a thousand years of division, is unity really in sight? Debate about the real […]
Long-term care centers often have a negative stigma attached to them. They are seen by many as sad places where the elderly are neglected. Not so at the Carmelite Sisters’ Santa Teresita Medical Center in […]
If he had not assumed active duties that took him away from his scholarship, would Joseph Ratzinger have ended up as a Doctor of the Church? The case for this proposition is not explicitly made […]
After defaming the Catholic Church in Angels and Demons, then denying the divinity of Christ in The Da Vinci Code, what could Dan Brown possibly do for an encore? His latest bestseller, The Lost Symbol, […]
The second film in the Twilight saga, New Moon, comes to theaters on November 20, but in some markets tickets have been on sale for months—and tickets for the November 19 midnight opening shows have […]
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