The selection of Catholic Paul Ryan as running mate to Mormon Mitt Romney has done more than create the G O P rsquo s first non-Protestant presidential ticket it has dramatically altered the Romney campaign rsquo s cautious course and highlighted the importance of the Catholic vote to Romney strat

The State Department issued its annual report on religious freedom on July 30 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered a ldquo sobering rdquo global depiction of fundamental human right at risk ldquo More than a billion people live under governments that systematically suppress religious free

Msgr William J Lynn of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia was sentenced to 3 to 6 years in state prison today for child endangerment by a judge who said he turned a blind eye while monsters in clerical garb sexually abused children and devastated the church and community You knew full well what w

Fides the Vatican news agency has a report from inside Damscus from the Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar The news is distressing to say the least One lives an apocalypse in Damascus and we hope with all our heart mind and strength that resurrection may soon arrive is the message sent to Fi

Peace is what we seek—in the world, sure, but I would settle for a little more peace in the living room first.

A recent exchange of warm regards between John Gehring at Faith in Public Life and the U S C C B rsquo s media office raised some eyebrows Gehring had penned a June background memo for media aimed at countering some of the inevitably anti-Obama subtext of the U S C C B rsquo sFortnight for Freedo

Decision just announced Mandate constitutional ACA survives intact nbsp Biggest surprise may be that Chief Justice Roberts voted for the majority saving Obamacare From Scotusblog reading decision Our precedent demonstrates that Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A

The refugee crisis emerging in Syria as that nation disintegrates into outright civil war highlights the plight of refugees worldwide according to officials with the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops rsquo Office of Migration and Refugee Services Not only is that worsening conflict producing it

Tales from the American foreclosure crisis