Stories on sexual abuse are dominating the headlines today, with news on the church's abuse crisis and fallout from yesterday's Penn State ruling. The...
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I was fortunate on Sunday morning to have turned on the TV just in time to see the last few kilometers of this year’s Tour de France, the epic three-week...
After the tragic Aurora, Colorado shooting, gun control is again a major topic of discussion. New York Mayor Bloomberg weighs in, insisting both presidential...
Caterpillar, the heavy machinery giant, is cutting its labor costs by declaring a 6-year wage and pension freeze for employees in its Joliet, Illinois plant...
On the heels of the lengthy attack from Catholics against the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and its anti-poverty grants, church watchdogs have now...
Is Mass attendance down because people don't understand the faith? Says Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith at the Catholic Herald (UK): "People walk away from...
A federal judge in Nebraska is the first to rule on one of the lawsuits filed by Catholic institutions around the country against the federal government's...
We haven't heard the last of the conflict between the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) and the Vatican. LCWR president Sister Pat Farrell...
In a new poll from Gallup, we hear today that only 44 percent of Americans have confidence in "the church or organized religion." One analysis...
My family and I ran across several fascinating expressions of Catholicism on our recent trip to New York and Boston. As fortunate heirs of Chicago Catholicism...
