In what will surely be challenged as a questionable use of episcopal authority Toledo Bishop Leonard Blair has banned parishes and parochial schools from raising funds for the Susan G Komen Foundation citing concerns that the global anti-cancer giant may someday fund embryonic stem-cell research

U S cities have experienced a discernible decline in the number of African Americans who call them home and leading the way out have been African American parents with small children Decades ago the Great Migration out of the poverty and discrimination they experienced in the U S south brought hi

Thankless task dept nbsp Mark Shea and the Anchoress try to make sense out of the Corapi fiasco Good luck with that The bizarre events swirling around Father Corapi s spectacular fall from grace inspired despair and soul searching among some self-righteous rants among others and all-out loonin

The Washington Theological Union is throwing in the towel In an announcement released yesterday WTU reported that it does not have the financial resources to be able to continue offering its academic services to the Church and the community beyond the 2012 - 2013 academic year hat-tip to Heidi

As Turkey s foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu nbsp visited one of the impromptu Syrian refugee camps that have cropped up along the border Syrian children held up a cardboard sign that pretty much says it all We are dying and the world is watching Thousands have fled the Syrian army s pacificati

The quickly deteriorating conditions in Sudan represent perhaps the most compelling case for an international intervention under the evolving responsibility to protect concept Unfortunately with that idea mdash and the NATO air campaign it inspired mdash bogged down in Libya the hard truth is th

Last week Pope Benedict XVI offered more evidence of his greenish sensibilities calling for more research and development of clean energy options for the future During introductory remarks made at a June 9 presentation of credentials from new ambassadors to the Vatican Pope Benedict commented on

The Jesuits in Syria have issued a statement on the difficult conditions there calling for all parties to reject violence and imploring national unity dialogue and freedom of expression nbsp The Syrian Jesuits appear concerned that the political struggle in Syria is on the verge of disintegrating

Deposed President Manuel Mel Zelaya returned to Honduras on Saturday May 28 see Al Jazeera report almost two years after he was first removed from power by Honduran security forces and flown into exile Zelaya was greeted by thousands of red-shirted supporters at the Tegucigalpa airport By so

Is NATO sensing the impending collapse of the Qaddafi regime or of support for the air campaign from a Libya-skeptical Congress Whatever the cause it appears to have decided to dramatically escalate the air campaign over the capital city of Tripoli Western reporters counted 27 air strikes today t