Pope Benedict returned to Rome this morning after a private meeting last night with an aging mellowing Fidel Castro Oh to have been a fly on that wall He had some parting shots on the Havana tarmac for both Cuban socialismo and the U S economic embargo of its one time surrogate The light o

However uncomfortable has been their association of late the U S C C B and the Department of Health and Human Services have been partners in millions of dollars in federally funded social services and over the past year or so on one court docket Now a U S District Court decision in Massachusett

As Pope Shenouda III the leader of Egypt s Coptic Church who passed away on Saturday is laid to rest speculation has begun on his successor Whoever that person may be we can say with some authority that he will certainly be facing historic challenges for Egypt s Coptics One other thing we can s

Who says Jesuits don t have alright--got game

UPDATE Oops Heard a story was circulating today on this but did not note the date on this story was from Sept Vatican Insider is echoing an Italian daily report that Pope Benedict XVI is planning to resign in April Journalist Antonio Socci has confirmed the same in the Italian daily Libero F

Tara McGuinness of the Center for American Progress has reviewed the GOP budget Path to Prosperity proposed yesterday by Wisconsin Rep Paul Ryan and she is not happy with what she s found so far She offered an analysis to the Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good According to McGuiness

During a Washington press conference Tuesday Department of nbsp Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters the Obama administration plans to issue a rule in the near future on its compromise plan on contraception coverage that will apparently resolve some outstanding pro

More than 500 Catholic activists from diocesan peace and justice and Catholic Charities offices across the country in Washington this week for the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering are on their way this afternoon to Capitol Hill They will be highlighting the domestic and international polic

Bishops should accept their victory Special to CNN After weeks of tangling over new Health and Human Services guidelines requiring contraception services in new health insurance plans the White House has offered what it describes as a common sense accommodation It is aimed at ending the confron