As he had on his trip to the United States in April Pope Benedict XVI addressed reporters on his recent flight to Sydney Australia about the sex abuse crisis in the country that he is about to visit nbsp Once again even before landing he takes up the issue mdash of particular import as he be

Not everyday do we associate New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg rsquo s name with poverty The man is worth some 11 billion dollars having made his fortune first at Salomon Brothers and later his own firm Bloomberg L P But yesterday he proposed a new way to measure poverty that is worthy of much

Here they are http catholicsformccain com nbsp The site states that Senator John McCain is pro-life and committed to nominating judges who are pro-life nbsp In issues of human dignity he is guided by a spirit of compassion that was born out of great suffering as a prisoner of war John McC

Gene Robinson the openly gay American Bishop of New Hampshire whose consecration in 2003 sparked the current Anglican crisis was forced to halt his sermon at a London church today after a lone heckler nbsp with a motorcycle helmet nbsp disrupted the service nbsp When Robinson mentioned the ldq

Sacrilege is a potent word nbsp The Catholic Encyclopedia defines it as a nbsp violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object nbsp Now P Z Myers an associate professor at the University of Minnesota in Morris has decided that nbsp Catholic reverence for the Eucharist is a throwback to

I helped organise a rally around Parliament today which was a terrific reminder of what the Anglican faith is capable of when it is not mired in internal ecclesiological arguments A service at Westminster Abbey for Zimbabwe led by the Uganda-born Archbishop of York John Sentamu was followed by

The Rev Jesse Jackson apologized for ldquo crude remarks rdquo that he made about Sen Barack Obama on a television show when he thought his microphone was off Jackson rsquo s remarks were certainly crude He said he wanted to cut off part of Obama rsquo s anatomy But there seemed to me to be

Here s the link to the new website for Catholics for Obama nbsp We believe they write that Senator Obama s vision of seeking common ground and working towards the common good offers a unique opportunity to build a more just and humane society consistent with Catholic values The usual Re

One of the three ldquo flying bishops rdquo ndash given the task after the 1992 Church of England vote to ordain women of ministering to traditionalists who objected to the move ndash says he wants to cross the Tiber The Daily Telegraph reports that the Bishop of Ebbsfleet the Rt Rev Andre

Sally Quinn who now famously nbsp received Communion at nbsp Tim Russert s nbsp funeral Mass a few weeks ago in Washington D C and which we commented on here a post that prompted much animated discussion has responded to her supporters and her critics with a new post on the On Faith blo

Just in nbsp from NCR The archdiocese of St Louis authorized the video recording of a Catholic women rsquo s ordination ceremony that took place in a synagogue last November It then used the video along with photographs apparently taken from the video as evidence to punish a Catholic nun who a

nbsp In a culture that is dripping in irony it is rare that cynicism is an appropriate moral stance But the communiqu eacute on global climate change coming from the G-8 summit of industrialized powers requires precisely such cynicism nbsp The leaders of the industrialized powers declared t

Pope Benedict has nbsp appointed Luis Ladaria SJ as secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith replacing Archbishop Angelo Amato who becomes prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Saints Robert Mickens of the London Tablet reports nbsp nbsp The 64-year-old Spani

The Vatican rsquo s reaction to the Church of England rsquo s historic decision to press ahead with the consecration of women as bishops without compromise measures was pretty much as expected Such a decision signifies a breaking away from the apostolic tradition maintained by all of the churches

Thank you for your thoughtful presentation of your ldquo conversion rdquo to the pro-life perspective and to the view that sex and the creation of human life are sacred acts I respect your willingness to challenge yourself and others to look at these issues directly I have gone through a similar

Thanks a lot for your wonderful article It strikes me because it rsquo s based on a life journey not an intellectual black or white good or bad demonizing-the ndash other simplistic fight over arguments I remain however puzzled on why so many pro-life committed Christians seem so less enthusias

There is reason to be concerned with the recent resurgence of rhetoric and threats involving Israel the United States and an allegedly nuclear weapon-seeking Iran What is surprising however is the complicity of Congress in this dangerous path toward military confrontation Recent headlines have

Sydney Dark Grant Gallicho over at Dotcommonweal has a hair-raising story about the Archdiocese of Sydney Australia nbsp which can be found nbsp here Here s a preview Australia rsquo s ABC TV seems to have caught Cardinal George Pell of Sydney in a rather serious error In a letter dated Fe

ldquo I was lured into one of the oldest biggest most tempting lies in human history the enemy is not human ldquo And you in this article have done the same toward women You show absolutely no respect for the acts of gestating a fetus and giving birth - giving new life to a human somethin

This is a great article I would like to hear from a former atheist or convert to Catholicism regarding the issue of contraception I have a Catholic friend who sees no problem with using contraception but she is against abortion However she used to make exceptions for rape and incest but she is