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November 2013

November 14, 2013

Biden to Catholic clergy on immigration: “You guys have to show up.”

From Politico: Vice President Joe Biden’s message to immigration reform advocates: Don’t let your issue...

November 04, 2013

Maine Catholic congressman declares he’s gay

Details: Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine) announced he’s gay in an Op-Ed article published by Maine newspapers Monday,...

October 2013

October 10, 2013

Some advice on the shutdown from the bishops

Sister Mary Ann Walsh from the USCCB blogs: As the government shutdown continues, it may...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Should Priests Endorse Candidates?

With all the frenzy about the unfortunately-named Anthony Weiner, it can be easy to forget that...

July 21, 2013

Great Moments in Journalism: MSNBC Host Wears Tampon Earrings

Details: On her MSNBC show Sunday, Melissa Harris-Perry introduced a new type of jewelry inspired...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

Pelosi Defends Late-Term Abortion as “Sacred Ground”

Details, from ABC News: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi today bickered with a conservative reporter...

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...

June 11, 2013

2016: Hillary vs. a Catholic?

An interesting observation: Imagine this: It's February 10, 2016 and there is a double-header debate...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

Congressman: IRS Asked Pro-Life Group About “Content of Prayers”

Details: During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., grilled...

April 2013

April 04, 2013

Attorneys General urge HHS exemption for businesses

Hot on the heels of this item, about a deacon who won his case against...

April 03, 2013

North Carolina may declare an official state religion under new bill

Details: Republican North Carolina state legislators have proposed allowing an official state religion in a measure that...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Biden attends Cardinal Dolan’s Palm Sunday Mass at St. Patrick’s

And before anyone asks: yes, he evidently did receive communion. Details: Vice President Joe Biden attended...

March 22, 2013

Obama visits Bethlehem

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

March 19, 2013

Would the US State Department consider “monitoring” the election of a pope?

Check out this snippet from last Friday's daily briefing with reporters. The briefer is Victoria...

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 12, 2013

Sister act: nun charged with voter fraud

It happened during the presidential election last fall: An Ohio nun was charged with voter...

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...

March 04, 2013

How is Catholicism like politics?

E.J. Dionne has some interesting answers in the Washington Post today, and draws insight from...

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 26, 2013

“The petition on the White House web site labeling the church a ‘hate group’ is beyond the pale…”

The cardinal archbishop of Washington, Donald Wuerl, pops up in today's Washington Post and offers a...

January 21, 2013

At Biden swearing in: “Walk humbly with your God…”

For those who may have missed it: the prayer delivered by Rev. Kevin O'Brien, S.J....

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 15, 2013

Sweeping new abortion bill in New York: “It defies common sense”

Last week, Cardinal Timothy Dolan raised his objections to proposed abortion legislation in New York....

January 09, 2013

Engaging the opposition: Cardinal Dolan shows how it’s done in his letter to Governor Cuomo

With a grateful h/t to my blog neighbor Frank, here's the text of the letter...

January 09, 2013

What can you do about Catholics who support same-sex marriage?

Well, despite what you may think, you can't just automatically excommunicate them. Canon lawyer Ed...

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 20, 2012

Catholics take over America

Trivia buffs, take note: If Senator John Kerry is nominated and confirmed to be Secretary...

December 14, 2012

Bobby Jindal: sell birth control over the counter

The Catholic governor of Louisiana made his recommendation in an opinion piece in today's Wall...

December 14, 2012

Catholic AG in Virginia calls church “the largest special group interest in America”

Details: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Roman Catholic, had some stinging words for church leaders...

December 04, 2012

Great moments in journalism: “Everybody at Fox News loves you”

Wherein the good people at Fox prove that media bias cuts both ways. Details, from...