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August 2014

August 22, 2014

WH offers compromise on birth control for religious employers

Somehow, this slipped under the radar today: The Obama administration outlined a new compromise Friday...

December 2013

December 25, 2013

Obama: “Service is a chance to celebrate the birth of Christ and live out what He taught us…”

From the President's weekly address: So many people all across the country are helping out...

December 04, 2013

Obama quotes the pope in economic address

Details, from the AP: The Pope is making the world sit up and pay attention...

June 2013

June 14, 2013

Obama Nominates Former CRS Head as Vatican Ambassador

Details from David Gibson: President Obama on Friday nominated Ken Hackett, former head of Catholic...

June 13, 2013

White House “Strongly Objects” to Amendment Protecting Religious Liberty for Soldiers

Details: Breitbart News reported last week that Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) passed an amendment in the House...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

Obama visits Bethlehem

From CNS: U.S. President Barack Obama, visiting the West Bank city of Bethlehem, stopped twice...

March 13, 2013

Obama on possibility of an American pope: “Bishops in U.S. don’t seem to be taking orders from me”

He spoke with ABC News this morning and in a wide-ranging interview touched on the...

March 10, 2013

The Donilon brothers: one’s boss is the President, the other’s may be the next pope

Here's something you don't hear about every day. From the Washington Post: Shortly after arriving...

February 2013

February 07, 2013

Obama at prayer breakfast: “We place our faith in the nail-scarred hands of Jesus Christ…”

Details: For his fifth year, President Barack Obama attended the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning...

January 2013

January 21, 2013

The benediction for the inauguration

Elizabeth Tenety at the Washington Post notes: The Rev. Luis Leon gave the benediction at President Obama’s...

January 20, 2013

Obama set to name a Catholic as his chief of staff

The Washington Post notes: The man in line to become President Obama’s next chief of...

January 16, 2013

Obama picks Episcopal priest for inauguration prayer

He replaces Louie Giglio, the evangelical pastor who found himself in hot water for his...

January 09, 2013

Who will be the next ambassador to the Vatican?

NCR's John Allen speculates: President Barack Obama needs to find a new envoy to the...

January 08, 2013

A first: Obama chooses laywoman to give invocation at inaugural

From the Washington Post: President Obama has picked Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

Did Obama remove Christmas from the White House Christmas cards?

Given items like this one, you would think so. But it turns out the word...

November 2012

November 07, 2012

Dolan to Obama: “We pray that you will exercise your office to pursue the common good…”

The President of the USCCB wrote a congratulatory letter to the President of the United...

November 07, 2012

Obama wins with the Catholic vote —UPDATED

Details, from Catholic News Agency: The Catholic vote was divided much as was the rest...

October 2012

October 18, 2012

Want to attend the Al Smith Dinner?

You can, from your living room. A sharp-eyed reader noted that the dinner is listed...

October 04, 2012

So what did the New York Times have to say about the debate?

From the lead editorial in this morning's edition: The first debate between President Obama and...

September 2012

September 08, 2012

In rare move, Obama proclaims 3 national days of prayer to remember 9/11

As the anniversary approaches next week, the president has issued a proclamation and a call...

August 2012

August 17, 2012

“Catholics for Obama” changes its tune

While one group of liberal Catholics is suggesting prayers for the conversion of Paul Ryan,...

August 07, 2012

When does a dinner invitation become a scandal? — UPDATED

When it involves the fabled Al Smith Dinner in New York, all you have to...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Obama’s HHS is funding Catholic campaign for healthy marriages

An interesting tidbit, from CNS: A new Catholic-run Kansas public awareness campaign to promote healthy...

July 23, 2012

Lawsuits challenging HHS mandate keep piling up

An overview, from the Washington newspaper The Hill: Challenges to President Obama’s birth-control mandate are...

July 16, 2012

Great moments in journalism: only approved quotes allowed

This is just...unreal. It is many things, but it ain't journalism. From the New York...

June 2012

June 15, 2012

About face: Catholic Health Association calls Obama birth control compromise “unworkable”

This is a big deal: Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Dolan: White House “strangling” Catholic church

He made the remarks this morning: The spat between Catholic leaders and the Obama administration...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

Obama’s “looming confrontation with Catholic activists”

This comes from The Hill, the political paper of record on Capitol Hill: President Obama...

March 2012

March 19, 2012

Obama administration voices support for California cross

Details: The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow a 43-foot-tall cross that...

March 13, 2012

March Madness, Presidential edition

Over at her elegantly-named blog "Egregious Twaddle," plucky Joanne McPortland pens a letter to the...