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

nbsp For months now John McCain has been calling Barack Obama na iuml ve or worse for suggesting that a timetable for withdrawal of U S forces from Iraq was not only possible but desirable Obama rsquo s contention has been that only a timetable will force the kind of political solution nbsp t

The debate was long more than seven hours emotional one bishop wept and often bitter ldquo we rsquo re being squeezed out rdquo said one Anglo-Catholic But yesterday rsquo s decision of General Synod the Church of England rsquo s ruling body was clear there will be women bishops aft

From Catholic News Service today Bishops to reconsider liturgy translation rejected in mail balloting nbsp WASHINGTON CNS -- After mail balloting of bishops who did not vote at the spring meeting in Orlando Fla a 700-page translation of one section of the Roman Missal failed to get approval f

This is a wonderful-written article As the past leader of a Ivy League college pro-life group I struggled with how to present well-reasoned articles to pro-choicers who violently objected to my position thought it idiotic and argued exactly from the position you ve identified that the baby wa

I was curious as to whether there was any religious teaching or training in your childhood years Your story gives me hope that other areligious people who are willing to seek answers to life rsquo s questions will find them if they are willing to ask and seek answers Theo Alhaus I had no rel