
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is celebrating National Migration Week from January 3-9, urging Catholics throughout the country to support policies that “welcome the stranger among us.”
by Dr. Susan Berry3 Jan 2016, 9:47 AM PST0

The plummeting popularity of the Common Core standards has extended to Catholic schools in the United States—about half of which were signed onto the nationalized standards by their bishops despite a push back from many Catholic educators and theologians.
by Dr. Susan Berry7 Dec 2015, 8:57 PM PST0

Syrian refugees should be accepted, in part, because they are fleeing “terror,” says a new statement from the head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration.
by Dr. Susan Berry29 Nov 2015, 4:00 PM PST0

The ACLU — whose stated mission was once “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States” — now states that while the organization supported the RFRA when it was passed, “we can no longer support the law in its current form” because “it is now often used as a sword to discriminate against women, gay and transgender people and others.”
by Dr. Susan Berry30 Jun 2015, 4:37 PM PST0

As a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage, Christian leaders of many denominations are mobilizing the faithful to protect their religious liberties and prepare for the possibility of massive civil disobedience in the face of penalties for exercising their freedoms.
by Dr. Susan Berry30 Jun 2015, 5:32 AM PST0

Michael Hichborn, president of Lepanto Institute – which has in the past exposed CRS policy of programs supporting contraception – said, “This vice president is flouting Catholic moral teaching by living in a homosexual union and engaging in homosexual activism online. Personnel is policy, so it’s a fair question to ask how his lifestyle and activism have influenced policy at CRS.”
by Dr. Susan Berry22 Apr 2015, 4:40 AM PST0

Wyoming Catholic College has rejected $1 million in federal student aid programs to keep its Catholic identity, rejecting strings tied to the funding regarding birth control, same-sex marriage, and gender issues–requirements that are not in keeping with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
by Dr. Susan Berry15 Apr 2015, 12:36 PM PST0

Religious groups such as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) are the target of an imminent ACLU lawsuit that hopes to order the federal government to release information about how the groups are awarded government funding contracts to assist illegal unaccompanied minors, yet refuse to allow the minors access to contraception and abortion.
by Dr. Susan Berry10 Apr 2015, 8:59 AM PST0

The number of men to be ordained to the priesthood in the U.S. Catholic Church in 2015 has increased 25 percent from last year, according to a newly released survey.
by Dr. Susan Berry8 Apr 2015, 6:45 PM PST0

The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Communications Committee has welcomed the vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow the government to take control over the Internet.
by Dr. Susan Berry27 Feb 2015, 11:21 AM PST0