Reports out of China indicate that Beijing is increasing its pressure on members of the so-called underground Catholic church distinguihed from the Beijing-administered Patriotic Catholic Church by its fealty to Rome Union of Catholic Asian News UCAN is reporting that Chinese security officials

The Anne E Casey Foundation released their ldquo 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book rdquo today and it did not make for encouraging reading According to the report after showing dramatic improvement between 1996 and 2000 the condition of America rsquo s children has been in a significant decline since

The investigation into unusual spikes in child deaths at Catholic institutions for the mentally disabled in the Netherlands during the mid-1950s now includes two facilities St Joseph s for boys where 34 residents died between 1952 and 55 and St Anna s for mentally disabled women and girls whe

Arriving in a turbulent Madrid before another major tanking of global markets Pope Benedict XVI shared some thoughts on the role of the economy which he suggested could benefit from some sound investment in ethics futures The economy doesn t function with market self-regulation but needs an ethi

The BBC reports that otter have now been restored to every county in England No word yet on success of Mole Rat Toad and Badger programs

Did you think the international child abuse crisis couldn t get any worse Apparently it could The Wall Street Journal reports Dutch authorities said Tuesday they were investigating possible murders at a Catholic institution for psychiatrically ill boys during the 1950s nbsp A total of 34 childr

Forbes released its list of the top 100 colleges in the U S earlier this month eight Catholic schools made the list four of them Jesuit institutions Notre Dame ranked highest among Catholic schools at 18 Below nbsp are the Catholic higher education institutions that made the top 100 along wit

You may see a second collection this weekend at your parish to raise money to respond to the famine in Somalia but if you are looking for a way to pitch in before then Catholic News Service put together a handy list of relief agencies which I am posting below The following international aid agenc

Our own Father Jim Martin was on call last night at his other job as chaplain to the Colbert Nation Father Martin tried gamely once again to explain matters spiritual to Colbert but it remains unclear how much is getting through See for yourself below

Catholic Relief Services is launching a special appeal to deal with the escalating famine crisis in the Horn of Africa The agnecy released a press release today that includes a request from U S C C B president and N Y nbsp Archbishop Timothy M Dolan and Bishop Gerald F Kicanas chairman of the