Just posted online For a brief moment Catholics on all sides were united in defense of the freedom of the Catholic Church to define for itself what it means to be Catholic in America They came together to defend the church rsquo s institutions from morally objectionable potentially crippling burd

A fascinating essay in the New York Review of Books chronicles the creation of the King James Bible which just celebrated its 400th anniversary The article by Robert Pogue Harrison is subscriber only but I will provide a short excerpt here which I think is particularly applicable to the debate o

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

Richard M Doerflinger associate director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities at the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a clarification on the contraception accommodation The bishops principal objection to the proposal is that the contraception mandate remains in place Ther

Cardinal-designate Timothy M Dolan head of the USCCB and archbishop of New York told John Allen of NCR nbsp that the bishops are not Obama haters despite what some may think nbsp More importantly he stresses a posture of openness and dialogue with respect to the HHS decision nbsp We