Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Houston told members of the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (CALL) that his multicultural archdiocese is reflective of one of the most significant and fastest-growing realities facing the Catholic Church in the United States today. According
Iowa Democrat gubernatorial candidates joined abortion activists in a prayer for increased access to abortion at a rally held Wednesday. Creative Minority Report notes the following video: Similarly, Life News reports the “prayer:” We give thanks, oh Lord, for the
The Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, who is the leader of the Melkite Catholic Church, the leader of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, and a spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church have all warned the United States and other western countries that
The results of a new study on the economic costs of excessive alcohol abuse demonstrate how federal bureaucrats, through a myriad of conflicts of interest, are attempting to influence and, perhaps, dictate, public policy. In a press statement dated August
A bill headed to Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) desk would make it easier for nurse practitioners and midwives in California to perform abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy. The bill passed the state Senate Monday on a party line
At an annual conference of Catholic Latino leaders, Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles Chaput revealed that the bishops had hoped that a strong Catholic faith among Latinos would pull the United States back from secularization and immorality. Chaput admitted to Latino leaders,
In what appears to be an endeavor to defend against a recent Wall St. Journal report that indicated a rise in the number of physicians opting out of Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) states that its
Acknowledging their “fraternal closeness” to Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and giving “a special thought” to the Coptic Catholics suffering during the violence in Egypt, the Vatican Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches also expressed that “dialogue and reconciliation”
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decisions regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Prop 8, some attorneys are encouraging churches to change their by-laws as a means of protection against lawsuits from same-sex couples. While some
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded publication National Catholic Reporter a $2.3 million grant to provide publicity for a leadership group of Women Religious who are known for their “far-left” feminist views that are not in keeping with the Church’s
Speaking Thursday at an event in Philadelphia, hosted by a Latino community service group, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius revealed that the success of ObamaCare is dependent upon the passage of comprehensive immigration reform and amnesty. Susan
Though black unemployment, at the end of the Bush administration, had broken a long-held pattern of being twice that of white unemployment, it has returned to its former trend under President Barack Obama. According to a Pew Research report, the
In addition to Planned Parenthood, Ascension Health, the largest Catholic and nonprofit health system, and Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, have received federal “navigator” grants to enroll Americans in ObamaCare. LifeSiteNews reports that Ascension Health received
Claiming that the election of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was fraudulent, the president of the U.S. Copts Association has criticized the American media for portraying the Muslim Brotherhood government as a democracy. Speaking with Vatican Radio, Michael Meunier said,
The massive, coordinated initiative by the Catholic Church to push for comprehensive immigration reform is being run by a group that has the support of the most far-left corners of the Church who often seem to be at odds with
A senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation has made the case for why ObamaCare is “a fraudster’s dream.” In its rush to get the ObamaCare exchanges up and running, the Obama administration has either thrown out or cut back
Employees of Pennsylvania State University are protesting a new wellness effort that requires them to provide detailed health information or pay penalties that can add up to $1,200 per year. An online petition against the program that was initiated by
The Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that it is awarding $12.3 million to 35 school districts in 17 states to expand mental health services to elementary school students. CNS News reported the DOE news release regarding the grants: Research
The Orlando Women’s Clinic has posted a video ad on YouTube that offers a coupon for $100 off the regular price of abortions–on “Sundays only,” Life News reports. In a video depicting attractive young women posing in fashionable clothing, the
Though New York Times columnist Bill Keller’s editorial, “War on the Core,” sounds like it’s supposed to be about the Common Core curriculum standards, it’s really just another tirade from the left about conservatives. For example, within his first two paragraphs,
In the days since Egyptian security forces cleared the demonstrations of pro-Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood supporters, Islamists have attacked, looted, or torched 63 Christian churches. According to the Associated Press, the Islamists have used their attacks on dozens of Coptic
Ann Kristin Neuhaus, the Kansas abortionist who approved late-term abortion referrals to George Tiller and was later stripped of her medical license, states she is on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. The Huffington Post, which refers to Neuhaus as “the
An association of African-American pastors has condemned Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and the organizers of the Martin Luther King 50th Anniversary Memorial concert for disinviting a New Jersey gospel singer and pastor from the concert because he is a
In an op-ed in the Washington Post Wednesday, George Will made the argument that President Obama’s “grandiose claims” for his “presidential power are inversely proportional to his shriveling presidency.” With a complicit media enabling him by failing to ask tough
A Rhode Island Catholic bishop said that he has changed his voter registration from Democrat to Republican because of the strong support for abortion and same-sex marriage on display at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in 2012. According to CNSNews,
