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May 2012

May 25, 2012

BREAKING: Arrest in “VatiLeaks” case

From CNS: The Vatican police have arrested an individual in possession of private Vatican documents...

May 23, 2012

Poll: number of “pro-choice” Americans at record low

Details: A record low 41 percent of Americans call themselves 'pro choice' on abortion, with the...

May 23, 2012

Gallup: 82% of Catholics approve of contraception

Details: A new Gallup Poll has found that contraception is “morally acceptable” to 89 percent...

May 23, 2012

Judge bans the “distinctly Christian” Lord’s Prayer

Details: A U.S. district court judge in Delaware ruled last week that members of a...

May 22, 2012

LC leader admits he knew for years about Williams’ child

Another shoe drops: The leader of the Legionaries of Christ admitted on Tuesday he knew...

May 18, 2012

RAW VIDEO: Sebelius gets heckled at Georgetown, but then gets cheered

A reader sent this my way, from the HHS Secretary's controversial appearance at Georgetown University...

May 17, 2012

Commencement speaker at Catholic university: “Christianity is the most dangerous of devotions”

Here we go again: The nation’s largest Catholic university will feature a commencement speaker who believes...

May 16, 2012

Sparring over Sebelius

Things are getting interesting in the Archdiocese of Washington. Details: The already-boiling debate about Georgetown...

May 15, 2012

Another celebrity priest falls: Fr. Thomas Williams

Details: Today Fr. Thomas Williams, LC, ThD has released a brief statement in which he admits to...

May 15, 2012

Report: wrong man executed in Texas

I have to wonder how many other times this has happened. Details: He was the...

May 14, 2012

Catholic Worker stages protest at Obama headquarters in Chicago

Details: Dozens of demonstrators dashed into the Loop building housing President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters this...

May 13, 2012

Judge suggests cutting some of the 10 Commandments

That sound you hear is Moses, doing a massive face Details: Could the Ten Commandments...

May 12, 2012

UPDATE: Gay Iowa grad reaches compromise with diocese over scholarship presentation

Details: The gay advocacy organization that provided Prince of Peace Catholic School senior Keaton Fuller...

May 11, 2012

BREAKING: Vatican investigating Legion of Christ priests for sexual abuse

Details: The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order...

May 09, 2012

Uproar over diocese’s decision on scholarship for gay student — UPDATED

Details: A gay student at Prince of Peace Catholic School in Clinton has been chosen...

May 06, 2012

“A stunning change”

That's how the local paper characterizes the shifting religious landscape in what was once a...

May 04, 2012

Al Queda believed Catholics were “fertile ground” for conversion

Details from CNS: A U.S. al-Qaida official concluded that Catholics were "fertile ground" for conversion,...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Remembering the forgotten: 118 people whose bodies were never claimed receive Catholic burial

You may remember this item I posted last month, about a Catholic diocese in Louisiana...

April 28, 2012

George Zimmerman, Catholic

A Reuters profile of the accused killer underscores his faith. (H/T Tom Peters) Take a...

April 26, 2012

“We must do good every day…”

Yesterday, I posted on the passing of Catholic philanthropist George E. Doty. Now there's word...

April 26, 2012

Ryan: Catholics can disagree about the budget

He made his remarks in a speech at Georgetown: U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul...

April 25, 2012

“We’re not going to compromise”: Blessed Kateri shrine turns down New York tourism grant

Details: Officials from the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs have turned down a $750...

April 24, 2012

Kansas law would require churches to host gay weddings — UPDATED

Details -- and a grateful H/T to Marcel at Aggie Catholics: Religious liberty groups are...

April 22, 2012

Muslim mob torches Catholic church in Sudan

It happened Saturday night: A Muslim mob set ablaze a Catholic church frequented by Southern...

April 21, 2012

RIP, Chuck Colson

The famous born-again Christian died today: Chuck Colson, a former aide to Richard Nixon, evangelical...

April 19, 2012

West Virginia bishop: “I have never sexually abused anyone”

After yesterday's bombshell, here's the statement today from Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston: I...

April 18, 2012

Witness in Philadelphia implicates West Virginia bishop — UPDATED

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: A Philadelphia man told a jury today that the Archdiocese of...

April 17, 2012

Pastor who declined gay marriage petition gets standing ovation

Earlier, I posted about parishes in Seattle that were declining to take part in the...

April 17, 2012

George Zimmerman’s lawyer: “A good Irish Catholic boy”

Now he's defending the accused in this year's most sensational murder case: Attorney Mark O’Mara...

April 13, 2012

Anti-Catholicism and the Titanic

An interesting observation on the centennial of the great ship's sinking, from a paper in...