Picking his words with some care during a memorial service in front of Israel rsquo s Parliament building in Jerusalem Vice President Joseph R Biden Jr said today of Israel rsquo s former prime minister Ariel Sharon ldquo Like all historic leaders all real leaders he had a North Star that gui

Calling an overemphasis on military responses “counterproductive,” the bishops who chair the domestic and international peace and justice committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged Secretary of State John Kerry to examine the funds and priorities of the coordinated effor

On a day marking the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson 39 s declaration of a war on poverty Archbishop Thomas G Wenski of Miami chairman of the U S bishops 39 Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development and Father Larry Snyder president of Catholic Charities USA in a letter today

January quot hosts quot the U S C C B 39 s Poverty Awareness Month and National Migration Week and two U S bishops led the charge in the press this week on themes related to these issues Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput on immigration reform and Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski on fixing

The Associated Press reports tonight that in a late night ruling Justice Sonia Sotomayor has blocked the implementation of portions of President Barack Obama 39 s health care law that would have forced some faith-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance for employees that includes birth

In 2013 the use of the death penalty continued its steady decline by almost every measure, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center. Executions in the United States dropped by about 10 percent from 2012, from 43 to 39, “marking only the second time in the pa

A group of about 50 Catholic scholars from across the United States has urged Catholic University President John Garvey to get with the Pope Francis spirit and take advantage of ldquo an opportune time to educate students about the importance of business ethics and global solidarity rdquo How By t

You know you are not going to have a great Christmas when the season opens with a lawsuit from the likes of the American Civil Liberties Union but the season turned even less merry yesterday when the N Y Times editorial board weighed in solidly against the U S bishops 39 conference ldquo When

As South Africans prepared to bury Nelson Mandela on December 6, tributes from around the world began pouring in, acclaiming a man who brought South Africa back from the brink of revolution and through a slow, sometimes painful process of reconciliation.

Archbishop Joseph E Kurtz president of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops called a suit by the American Civil Liberties Union against the U S bishops for their ldquo Ethical and Religious Directives rdquo ERDs ldquo misguided rdquo and promised to defend Catholic teachings ldquo in s