Special Report
The Contraception Contradiction
[Editor’s Note: This article was originally published one year ago in the May 2011 issue of Catholic World Report.] New York City is the abortion capital of America. More than 40 percent of pregnancies in […]
Abortion and the Obama Presidency
Pro-lifers in the United States were generally disappointed and discouraged by the results of the 2008 national elections. Barack Obama—as measured by his own record and campaign promises, the most pro-abortion presidential candidate the […]
Unapologetically Missionary
The Augustine Institute in Denver educates for the New Evangelization. […]
The Terms of the Agreement
The first decade of the 21st century was not kind to Caritas Christi, the health care system administered by the Boston archdiocese. Red ink began appearing in profusion in the group’s budget statements. An underfunded […]
The Furor Festival
During January’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication incurred by the four bishops of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) whom Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre had illicitly consecrated […]
Hoping for More
On December 12, 2008, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released Dignitas Personae (“The Dignity of the Person”), an “instruction on certain bioethical questions.” It was widely regarded as a sequel to Donum […]
Obama and the Alternative Magisterium
Nearly a year has passed since Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States and his speech to more than 200 leaders of Catholic colleges and universities at the Catholic University of America. Much has […]
To Be a Christian In Cuba
2009 marks the 50th anniversary of what Cubans call “La Revolución,” which culminated in the overthrow of the regime of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro and his Marxist guerillas. For Catholics in Cuba, the anniversary […]