In Washington last week, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo scanned the crowd and said, “It’s really a beautiful sight, to look out and see so many young people saying ‘yes’ to life. How beautiful it is!”
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Obama Threatens Veto of Pro-Life Legislation
After members of the U.S. House scuttled plans Jan. 22 to vote on a measure to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks, they passed a bill to restrict taxpayer funding of abortion.
Over 500 From Diocese at Life March
At the 42nd annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, more than 500 pro-lifers from the Brooklyn Diocese showed their support for all human life and called for an end to abortion. Hundreds of thousands, mostly teenagers and young adults, joined in peaceful protest against the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade […]
Faith Influences Opinions on Space Exploration
Several national surveys found that Catholics are more supportive of the U.S. maintaining a leading role in space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence than people of other faiths.
Everyone Must Help Create Culture of Life
“I can’t not march. I march for women who have made that wrong decision and suffered greatly; most of all I march for the unborn,” said Jeanne Monahan-Mancini, March for Life president.
‘We shall overcome’ in fight against abortion, says Cardinal O’Malley
Evoking a phrase long associated with the civil rights movement, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston told a crowd of more than 11,000 in Washington that “we shall overcome” in the fight against abortion.
Niceness Pays Off: ‘Amazing Race’ Winner Saw God by Her Side
By Joseph Kenny ST. LOUIS (CNS) – Bryan Kasten, an English and practical arts teacher at Rosati-Kain H.S., warmly greeted former student Maya Warren, winner of “The Amazing Race” reality TV show. “So cool to see a celebrity,” Kasten told her as she arrived Jan. 5 at the Catholic school for girls for a talk […]
Catholics in Congress Lead All Other Denominations
Even though Catholics account for only about 22 percent of the U.S. population – admittedly the largest body of religious belief in the country – they make up 31 percent of the House and the Senate.
Vineyards Blend Beauty, Savings for a Calif. Diocese
OAKLAND, Calif. (CNS) – A decision several years ago to plant vineyards to beautify vacant cemetery land and produce wine for Mass has proven to be a win-win for the Diocese of Oakland and its parishes and schools. The plan by Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services of the diocese took root in 2006 when officials […]
Cardinal George Ends Experimental Treatment
CHICAGO (CNS) – Cardinal Francis E. George, retired archbishop of Chicago, has been dropped from the clinical drug trial to treat his cancer after scans showed the experimental treatment was not working for him, the Archdiocese of Chicago said. Although the antibody drug was not effective on the cardinal, physicians overseeing treatment assured him that […]