nbsp In case you saw the recent New York Times story that was headlined Catholic Groups Suports Senate on Abortion Aid and started out with this graf In an apparent split with Roman Catholic bishops over the abortion-financing provisions of the proposed health care overhaul the nation rsquo s

The award for outstanding Catholic legislator of 2009 is a shared award and a bipartisan one something that is increasingly uncommon in Washington these days Rep Anh Joseph Cao of Louisiana and Rep Bart Stupak of Michigan Both stood up to the leadership of their respective parties to cast votes

Almost a decade ago I was inspired by Naomi Klein s book No Logo to pull the clothes out of my closet and dresser drawers and find out who made them where under what conditions and for how much All in pursuit of one bigger question why I ended up writing a book in 2003 inspired by this experi

US Catholic is devoting almost their entire current issue on the Vatican s apostolic visitation of women s religious communities including an extensive survey and an article entitled The Sisters of Mercy Are Not McDonalds nbsp And be sure to check out our piece by Francine Cardman in our issue

I had myself a tranquil little Christmas this weekend with two civilized family gatherings i e no one Tarzan-swung a chandelier through a bay window no traditional child tantrums around the tree and everyone generally satisfied with the weekend s offerings and observations with no ER visits or

An anecdote sent by New York Times reader David G Wilkins to the paper s Metropolitan Diary column suggests that rising to a place of authority in the church may not be as difficult as one might think During a stopover in New York this year a friend Marco del Bufalo who is an architect decide