My sons with autism are a burden and even a cross. They are not unwanted.

Today’s letter reflects a somewhat different style and spirit than Benedict XVI’s “Dominus Iesus.”

“Behind all this is the unfortunate idea...that priests are everything in the church while sisters are nothing.”

Rules protect life, but they do not enhance it.

"Anxiety is the number one problem," a program spokeswoman said.

The bishops deem it possible in certain cases to allow the Eucharist to be given to a non-Catholic spouse in a mixed-denomination marriage.