From the Associated Press Catholic nuns are urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama s health care plan in an unusual public break with bishops who say it would subsidize abortion Some 60 leaders of religious orders representing 59 000 Catholic nuns Wednesday sent lawmakers a letter urging

On Monday I made the argument that the differences between the House Stupak bill and the final Senate bill were so small as they relate to abortion that those differences should not be the ground for opposing the final Senate bill I directed my criticism at the USCCB and specifically at their p

I can write this because I m Irish Or more precisely half-Irish My dad s family hails from County Wexford if you re curious Anyway here goes Put St Patrick back in St Patrick s Day Now I m not saying that you shouldn t fish around in your closet for your favorite Irish sweater on March

These have been dark days for the church universal and I feel very discouraged about the news nbsp in Ireland and Germany which seems a repeat of Boston in 2002 nbsp That is why these words from Kieran Conry the bishop of Arundel and Brighton in the U K were so bracing nbsp Hearing a bishop

Prayer cards are nothing unfamiliar to most Catholics We get them after burying family and friends and sometimes to remind us of our devotion to a particular cause or saint Chances are you have one lying forgotten in a desk drawer or maybe on a bulletin board near your desk But as the Washi

As we ve discussed here previously the ministry of women religious has expanded over the past decades Today s New York Times includes an excellent example of the way in which one sister uses her many talents as an academic adviser Xavier University s Division I student athletes Sister Rose Ann Fl