From CNS Public anger at Catholic Church over abuse prevails despite changes By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service WASHINGTON CNS -- There is a distinctly different level of anger from the public directed toward the Catholic Church over the sexual abuse of minors than toward other organizations

A lot of folks mouth agape may have been tracking the stock market for the last few days Some are eyeballing employment data looking for an indication that the nation may finally be resetting on more secure economic footing One economic-ish statistic which may have gone unnoticed today was track

In the I Can t Believe He Really Said That Department nbsp comes this story from the London Tablet in which Cardinal Christoph nbsp Sch ouml nborn archbishop of Vienna nbsp is reported to have leveled an attack on Cardinal Angelo Sodano one of the most senior officials in the nbsp Curia nbsp

With just a few seats still to declare but no party winning a majority Parliament remains hung In a bid to lead the next Government the Conservative leader David Cameron has just made what he called a big open comprehensive offer to the Liberal-Democrats Stressing that his is the party wit

Yesterday and today I am attending the Washington Briefing sponsored by the National Catholic Reporter and Trinity College The event brings together prominent Catholics to discuss the role of the Church in the life of the nation at this moment of history and it is well worth the effort that was

There are 49 constituencies still to call but it is clear that neither Labor nor the Conservatives will be able to reach the majority of 326 seats even when obvious allies are added in The Conservatives have 280 seats Labor 240 Lib-Dems 52 others 27 Even if the Liberal-Democrats form an allia

As Big Ben strikes 4 00 a m we are getting a clearer picture of the electoral reality We know that in all likelihood there will be a hung Parliament a kind of political stalemate in which no one party has a majority in the House of Commons We know that the Conservatives will have the most seats

It is approaching 3 00 a m here in London and in the words of Ed Miliband Britain s secretary of state for energy the people have spoken but we don t quite know what they ve said The Conservative Party had 116 seats on its so-called lsquo hit list rsquo the seats they thought they had a ch

Results continue to come in but they are uneven Earlier actual results indicated that the Conservatives were heading for an overall majority Yet the Tories are having trouble in the southwest of England wresting seats form the Liberal Democrats The Tory advance may have been checked in the south

More results coming in now The final outcome is far from certain though the swing toward the Conservatives appears to be stronger then the exit poll suggested This means that a hung Parliament might be avoided Meanwhile the high turnout has caught election officials off guard People have been

The second and third results have arrived They are also wins for Labour but there has been a sizable lsquo swing rsquo in the vote to the Conservatives lsquo Swing rsquo is the measure of the percentage change of vote from one election to another The swing in these first results is about 8

The first real results are in No surprise The Labour candidate in the Sunderland solidly Labour constituency has prevailed The real news is that the percentage change in the share of the vote for the major parties indicates that at least so far the exit poll is correct Now what will happen

The first and only exit poll has been reported by the BBC Seats in the House of Commons Conservative 307 Labour 255 Liberal Democrat 59 nbsp If this result holds it means that there will be a hung parliament as the Conservatives are 19 seats short of a majority Keep in mind however that exi

The First Readings for the Thursday and Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter continue with Acts 15 7-31 The issue of whether all Christians including Gentiles should follow the Mosaic Law was raised in Acts 15 1-6 Only ldquo after there had been much nbsp debate 15 7 rdquo did Peter state t

Millions of Britons headed to the polls today in the closest election in a generation At stake is control of the House of Commons and the chance to form the next government The challenges facing the contenders are considerable a staggering deficit not far behind Greece as a percentage of GDP a

Jack McLain a zombie and comic-book fan and Jesuit priest writes in this week s online Culture section Zombies are all the rage They can be found in reworkings of classic books nbsp and nbsp games in Apple rsquo s App Store They have even spawned a new kind of protest movement that involves

The second in a series Sometimes you experience a desire for God in very common situations for example standing silently in the snowy woods on a winter s day finding yourself moved to tears during a movie recognizing a strange sense of connection during a church service -- and feeling an inexpr

As May is ldquo Mental Health Awareness rdquo month I am acutely reminded of the deaths from Alzheimer rsquo s disease of my aunt at age 69 after a decade-long battle and my cousin rsquo s husband during this past Holy Week Two of his siblings likewise were afflicted and passed away some yea

Politico has become the must-read site for Washingtonians and others who want to be plugged in Ben Smith rsquo s blog is my favorite but I always scan the rest of the articles Their coverage of the final days of the health care debate was unparalleled But every once in awhile you discover someth