Connecticut’s Catholics and their clerical leaders are still reeling from a whirlwind week that began on March 5 when State Senator Andrew J. McDonald and State Rep. Michael Lawlor, both Democrats, introduced Bill 1098, called […]
Within the recesses of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the President’s Council on Bioethics quietly goes about its work, as it has done, under various titles and different mandates, for over 30 […]
In March, the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued Guidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy. This brief document is signed by Bishops William Lori (Bridgeport), Leonard […]
In the first general audience of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI explained that he chose his name “in order to create a spiritual bond with Benedict XV, who steered the Church through the period of […]
Bob Laird remembers the day the woman first came to Divine Mercy Care’s Tepeyac Family Center, a Catholic OB-GYN service in Fairfax, Va. She was fearful that she had already lost her child. “She had […]
Choosing an ambassador to represent the United States at the Holy See is usually a fairly straight-forward process. Since formal diplomatic relations were established in 1984, successive US governments have appointed committed Catholics to the […]
The reaction of Vatican officials to the nomination of Miguel Diaz as President Obama’s ambassador to the Holy See has been largely positive, although some Catholics remain suspicious about the president’s motives behind the choice. […]
Self-described “progressive” Catholic organizations, such as Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Catholics United, Catholic Democrats, and Voice of the Faithful, have successfully manipulated long-standing divisions among Catholics. In 2008, President Obama, with the […]
In late March, five Britons, two Americans, and a Canadian traveled to one of the world’s unlikeliest vacation destinations: Iraq. The tour group spent 17 days exploring war-ravaged cities like Basra, Najaf, Baghdad, and other […]
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