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Is California’s new ‘End of Life Option’ a moral quicksand?
- Jun 8, 2016
California implements a new law on Thursday that backers cheer as a form of personal choice, but opponents condemn as a plunge into moral quicksand — a looming danger to the most vulnerable in society who may be coerced to end their lives.
As California votes, Church aims to be engaged but not partisan
- Jun 7, 2016
Guidelines ahead of Tuesday’s primary insist, “Our faith teaches that we must follow our properly formed conscience. No one can decide that for us, or has the right to question our faith if we do not agree with them on a political strategy or candidate.”
Washington Catholic parish’s new pastor brings along his wife
- Jun 5, 2016
Father Tom McMichael of St. Mary’s parish in Marysville, Washington, is one of roughly 200 married Catholic priests in America, mostly former Episcopalians and Lutherans.
Is this the alternative Christian candidate in 2016?
- Jun 4, 2016
National Review columnist David French is being pushed for a third-party run by #NeverTrump conservatives, and greeted by many on the religious right with praise bordering on adulation.
Sisters of Life offer a ‘booster shot’ for the Church
- Jun 4, 2016
Founded by Cardinal John O’Connor in 1989 with a special vow to protect the sacredness of human life, the Sisters of Life are now among the most vibrant orders in North America.
In New Mexico, diocese nears $25 million payout on sex abuse
- Jun 1, 2016
2014 figures from the U.S. Bishops say the Church has spent almost $3 billion over the previous decade on sexual abuse allegations, including settlements, attorneys’ fees, and other costs.
Providence diocese drops fees for marriage annulments
- Jun 1, 2016
Pope Francis called on dioceses to make annulments free because “the Church, in an matter so closely linked to the salvation of souls, manifests the gratuitous love of Christ.”
Catholics join outrage over sale of sacred Native American items
- May 31, 2016
Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico, backs push by the Hopi tribe to stop an auction in France that features mask-like sacred objects believed to be the physical embodiment of their ancestors.
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