Thomas Reese SJ and Peter Steinels both conclude that in the aftermath of Tuesday rsquo s elections results the U S Catholic bishops rsquo political prestige suffered greatly not least because the very pro-choice Barack Obama won a majority among Catholic voters Fr Reese said the bishops rsq

From CNS Bishops approve section of missal translation rejected in June By Nancy Frazier O Brien Catholic News Service BALTIMORE CNS -- Despite some continued criticism that the translation is plagued by obscure wording and sentences that are too long the U S bishops approved another lengthy

Here in the latest installment of his series on prayer Father Jim Martin describes the power of praying with and in nature

Just released by the USCCB is this statement on the election of Barack Obama and the abortion issue STATEMENT of the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ldquo If the Lord does not build the house in vain do its builders labor if the Lord does not watch over the city i

Father Roy Bourgeois M M nbsp the Maryknoll priest nbsp best known for work nbsp to nbsp close the School of the Americas the US-run school that had trained paramilitary forces primarily from Latin American countries some of whom carried out brutal murders has been told in a letter from the

Cambridge MA When the election was upon us in the past few weeks I was writing in this column about love now that Barack Obama is our president-elect it is a moment to reflect on the meaning of the election Instead of any wide-ranging reflection mdash I am no pandit mdash I would like simp