During the 2004 election campaigns, the U.S. bishops’ statement on political responsibility, Faithful Citizenship, came in for considerable criticism among a vocal segment of conservative Catholics. They believed that the document diluted the pro-life message of the church by not emphasizing i

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Saints are tests of our willingness to be thoroughly converted.

It was both upsetting and perplexing to learn that Amnesty International has decided to support a right to abortion as part of its worldwide campaign to stop violence against women. How can an organization dedicated to the protection of human rights oppose the right to life of unborn children? The V

Recent court rulings have undermined the church's promise of confidentiality.

“I wasn’t raised religious and I don’t know anything about religion,” he said in 2004.

In an essay in Foreign Affairs January February 2007 Tony Blair argued not unpersuasively that in the war against global extremism w e chose values instead of security as our battleground By values he meant democratic values W henever countries are in the process of democratic development

Moving Mom to a nursing home was a difficult choice.

Catholics, Orthodox Complete Text on Church Authority Despite the absence of Russian Orthodox representatives, the international Catholic-Orthodox theological commission finished work on a document about church structure and authority. In a statement issued at the end of the Oct. 8-14 meeting in Rav

Five years ago, the scandal of sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy shook the Catholic Church in Boston and spread to other Catholic centers in the United States. In the interim much has been said and written: accusations and counteraccusations, expressions of outrage, prolonged litigat

Happiness Is a Warm Puppy I agree with Patricia Kossmanns Of Many Things column (10/1). When my mom and I both found ourselves widows, we moved in together and adopted a shelter dog. It was one of the best decisions we ever made. It had been half a century since wed had a dog, but Abby, an Australia