WASHINGTON – Catholic organizations expressed dismay over the Sept. 16 announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau that the number of Americans living in poverty in 2009 rose to 43.6 million, or 14.3 percent of the population.Read More
LONDON – In a world where religious convictions are misunderstood or mocked, members of every religion have an obligation to live in peace with each other and work together to show that faith does not breed ignorance and hatred, Pope Benedict XVI said.Read More
LONDON – Spokesmen for the Vatican and the Catholic Church in England worked to downplay remarks by a former Vatican official who compared Britain to a “Third World country” in the grip of a “new and aggressive atheism.”Read More
LONDON – In a rousing encounter with some 4,000 schoolchildren, Pope Benedict XVI asked them to make friendship with God the center of their lives.Read More
LONDON – The Vatican said the arrest of five suspected terrorists in London would not affect Pope Benedict XVI’s schedule of events in the city and said the pope remained “calm” and happy with the visit.Read More
WASHINGTON – Participants at a Sept. 15 rally near the U.S. Capitol were invigorated in their fight for immigration reform by the previous day’s announcement of an upcoming Senate vote on a measure to help children of undocumented immigrants work toward legal status and get a college education.Read More
Although I found your series on The New Missal informative, I am still left with doubt, confusion and lots of questions. The most nagging: Why change the Missals at all? Why is it so important to change the text of prayers we are so familiar with such as The Nicene Creed? I don’t even know...Read More
GLASGOW, Scotland – Celebrating Mass for tens of thousands of faithful, Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics to promote the “wisdom and vision” of their religion in the public square.Read More
EDINBURGH, Scotland – Arriving in Scotland on the first leg of a four-day visit to Great Britain, Pope Benedict XVI appealed for preservation of the country’s long Christian tradition and warned against “aggressive” forms of secularism and atheism.Read More
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO SCOTLAND – En route to Great Britain for a four-day visit, Pope Benedict XVI offered a strongly worded analysis of the priestly sex abuse crisis, saying the church was not vigilant enough or fast enough in responding to the problem.Read More
Steven W. Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, will give a speech titled “The Overpopulation Myth: Flawed Science, Faulty Math and Reasoning,”.Sept. 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.Read More