Within the recesses of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the President’s Council on Bioethics quietly goes about its work, as it has done, under various titles and different mandates, for over 30 […]
In March the National Catholic Reporter made available some correspondence of Father Gerald Fitzgerald, founder of the Servants of the Paraclete, who was able to call a spade a spade even without the benefit of […]
The success of future talks with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) depends to a great extent on whether the parties can come to an understanding about Vatican II. The questions are not new: […]
In March, the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued Guidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy. This brief document is signed by Bishops William Lori (Bridgeport), Leonard […]
Bob Laird remembers the day the woman first came to Divine Mercy Care’s Tepeyac Family Center, a Catholic OB-GYN service in Fairfax, Va. She was fearful that she had already lost her child. “She had […]
Last September, Pope Benedict XVI visited the original Grotto in Lourdes where Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette. During his visit, Pope Benedict spoke about the West’s need to recover the Marianmodel of hope: that […]
On May 17, Notre Dame conferred upon Barack Obama an honorary law degree even as the US president geared up to pass more laws that would violate fundamental moral teachings of the Church. Thunderous applause […]
Choosing an ambassador to represent the United States at the Holy See is usually a fairly straight-forward process. Since formal diplomatic relations were established in 1984, successive US governments have appointed committed Catholics to the […]
Cardinal George Pell has led the Archdiocese of Sydney for 10 years. He spoke to CWR about his tenure and the state of the Church in Australia. This year marks your 10th as archbishop of […]
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