In All Things

No one knows the outcome of the health care vote ndash or even when the vote will happen ndash but already there is an air of recrimination in the air The stakes are high People know that this upcoming vote is not only important it is historic The sinful itch and it is a sin to begin looki

nbsp Here s John Allen at NCR on Benedict s nbsp past and future nbsp In a papacy sometimes marred by scandal and internal confusion Benedict s handling of the sexual abuse crisis has often been touted as a bright spot — one case at least in which the expectations of the cardinals who electe

It seemed as if it was all over for the UK s 11 Catholic adoption agencies After the UK government passed legislation in 2007 making it impossible for adoption agencies in receipt of public funds to refuse same-sex couples the right to adopt one by one they folded declared independence from the d

From the Associated Press Catholic nuns are urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama s health care plan in an unusual public break with bishops who say it would subsidize abortion Some 60 leaders of religious orders representing 59 000 Catholic nuns Wednesday sent lawmakers a letter urging

On Monday I made the argument that the differences between the House Stupak bill and the final Senate bill were so small as they relate to abortion that those differences should not be the ground for opposing the final Senate bill I directed my criticism at the USCCB and specifically at their p

I can write this because I m Irish Or more precisely half-Irish My dad s family hails from County Wexford if you re curious Anyway here goes Put St Patrick back in St Patrick s Day Now I m not saying that you shouldn t fish around in your closet for your favorite Irish sweater on March

These have been dark days for the church universal and I feel very discouraged about the news nbsp in Ireland and Germany which seems a repeat of Boston in 2002 nbsp That is why these words from Kieran Conry the bishop of Arundel and Brighton in the U K were so bracing nbsp Hearing a bishop

Prayer cards are nothing unfamiliar to most Catholics We get them after burying family and friends and sometimes to remind us of our devotion to a particular cause or saint Chances are you have one lying forgotten in a desk drawer or maybe on a bulletin board near your desk But as the Washi

As we ve discussed here previously the ministry of women religious has expanded over the past decades Today s New York Times includes an excellent example of the way in which one sister uses her many talents as an academic adviser Xavier University s Division I student athletes Sister Rose Ann Fl

Carolyn Martin Buscarino full disclosure in the words of Darth Vader nbsp You have a sister nbsp reminds readers that NBC s critically acclaimed new show nbsp Parenthood is not simply a spin-off of the 1989 hit movie starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen it s also the second time arou