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There is serious talk of forming a new centre-right Catholic party in the wake of the clash between the Church and the philandering Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi according to this interesting report by the Times in London At the centre of the attempt to create a new Christian Democrat bloc is
The chairman of the University of Notre Dame's board of trustees, Richard C. Notebart, and university registrar Harold L. Pace present U.S. President Barack Obama with an academic stole signifying the honorary degree he received during the commencement c eremony at the university in Notre Dame, Ind., in late May. (CNS photo/Christopher Smith)
Lessons from the storm in South Bend
Simmering tensions between the Church and the Italian Right over immigration spilled out over the weekend after the Italian bishops joined UN criticism of the way international ships recently left 73 Africans on a raft to die of dehydration ignoring their pleas for help Only five survived The bis

Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer detain families at a much-criticized former medium-security prison in Texas.

In addition to giving Obama a copy of his latest encyclical, the pope also presented a copy of a recent Vatican document on biomedical ethics.
THE VATICAN -- The church’s positions on bioethical issues and matters of global social justice received marked attention during Pope Benedict XVI’s meeting with President Barack Obama on July 10 in Rome. Mr. Obama had traveled to Rome for the Group of 8 summit, an annual meeting of the

Despite the decrease, a by the Pew Hispanic Center shows no increase in the flow of immigrants returning to Mexico.

“Public Enemies” resurrects a perennial tragic hero for one more ritual slaughter.

In addition to giving Obama a copy of his latest encyclical, the pope also presented a copy of a recent Vatican document on biomedical ethics.
The U S Senate rsquo s Judiciary Committee begins its confirmation hearings today for nominee Sonya Sotomayor The Post had a great piece yesterday from her collegiate mentor at Princeton that shows her to be precisely the kind of hard-working fair-minded and deeply read person we want on the Cou