The Catechism says that every sign of unjust discrimination must be avoided when it comes to gays and lesbians.

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The U S bishops were more than pleased with today s unanimous Supreme Court ruling in the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v EEOC In a groundbreaking decision that had been anxiously anticipated by religious bodies across the country the court held that a ministerial excepti

Today s Google Doodle honors Nicolas Steno the father of geology who also happened to be a Catholic bishop The Christian Science Monitor tells his story Don t feel bad if you ve never heard of Nicolas Steno Even though the 17th century Danish anatomist and geologist made a number of discoveries

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was the only dissenter standing in today s Supreme Court 8-1 decision to toss out a 1996 Louisiana quintuple life sentence Juan Smith had been convicted for two separate home invasions that resulted in multiple homicides The first now voided conviction led t

The Occupy movement is about to turn four months old and already is planning a host of events for 2012 See Occupy Together nbsp and InterOccupy nbsp for news on the larger movement and Occupy Wall Street nbsp for NYC-related developments Occupy Together lists 1508 Occupy sites globally Some o