Speaking on behalf of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops nbsp the chairman of the USCCB 39 s Committee on International Justice and Peace said nbsp the Obama administration 39 s policy of targeted killings by drones raise ldquo serious moral questions rdquo including concerns related to d

Almost two years after its Advent 2011 introduction the new Missal is still generating unhappiness among U S Catholic priests according to a new survey which found quot widespread skepticism quot about the litrugy revisions According to the study 59 percent of the 1 500 priests surveyed quot

As the conflict in Syria reached new depths of depravity this week the Syriac Catholic Patriarch nbsp Ignatius Joseph III Younan expressed his frustration with Western powers in an interview with Doreen Abi Raad of nbsp Catholic New Service in Beirut Describing the morale of Syria 39 s Christian

Responding to the announcement of a breakthrough in human cloning technology Boston 39 s Cardinal Se n O rsquo Malley OFM Cap in his role as nbsp chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops wote that human cloning for any purpose is inconsistent

Kermit Gosnell found guilty on three out of four counts of first degree murder making him death penalty eligible and mutiple other counts in his 200 count criminal indictment Here is JD Mullane News Columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer and his blow by blow account

As one brother recovers in a prison hospital from wounds he received briefly eluding capture the remains of the other Tsarnaev brother linger in limbo His now quasi- and unhappily famous uncle Ruslan Tsami is trying to arrange his burial with the assistance of Peter Stefan a funeral home director

I nbsp am going to have to nominate Kim Daniels for 2013 ldquo thankless task rdquo award finalist As the new spokesperson for not the U S bishops rsquo conference nor for Cardinal Timothy Dolan in his capacity as archbishop of New York but for the office of the president of the U S C C B

For nearly two decades the people of the Congo have known nothing but conflict.

Two prominent Syrian bishops were kidnapped on Monday by armed rebels in the northern province of Aleppo according to a Vatican Radio report The Syriac Orthodox and Greek Orthodox Archbishops of Aleppo Yohanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazigi were seized in the village of Kfar Dael on the road to Aleppo

Antiterrorism efforts have improved since the lack of coordination after Sept. 11.