Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR), which was recently put under direct control by the Vatican due to the group's long history of dissent from Catholic teaching, has decided to reject Rome's plan to reform the group into a more conservative mold, but stopped short of calling for an outright split from the Church.
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The controversy over President Obama's invitation to speak at a Catholic Charities fundraiser in October took a new turn yesterday when an employee of the Archdiocese weighed in with a more detailed explanation of the even in question.
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In its strongest statement to date, Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone issued a warning to U.S. Catholics that seems to target the Obama Administration for its denial of the right to conscientious objection.
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Jesuit Father Jose Gabriel Funes, head of the Vatican Observatory, cheered the successful landing of a roving scientific laboratory on Mars, saying that the Church "is open" to whatever might be discovered there - even extra-terrestrials!
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Catholic leaders are weighing in on a decision by Cardinal Timothy Dolan to allow President Barack Obama to speak at the annual Al Smith dinner, with many calling the invitation disappointing and disturbing.
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A group of six former Vatican ambassadors, including Ray Flynn and Mary Ann Glendon, have joined forces to start a new outreach to Catholic voters asking them to support GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney over pro-abortion President Barack Obama.
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In what is sure to be an awkward moment for President Barack Obama, he has accepted the traditional invitation to speak at the Catholic Charities Al Smith Dinner in October.
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In order to insure that all Olympians have access to our Eucharistic Lord during their stay in London, three parishes have joined together to provide 24-hours of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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The Archdiocese of San Francisco, located in a city considered by many to be the gay capital of the United States, just received one of the Church's most outspoken promoters of traditional marriage as its new archbishop.
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The Catholic world is abuzz this week about a phenomenon that occurred during the funeral of Eugênio, Cardinal de Araújo Sales, Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who died earlier this month at the age of 91.
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