NEWS

Education
▪ Catholic universities are fertile ground for sowing seeds of social justice.

Hunger
▪ Millions face hunger while waiting for food stamps.

Immigration
▪ Religious conservatives want immigration reform.

Abortion
▪ Ethicists fault bishop’s action in Phoenix abortion case.

Catholic Church
▪ Vatican and U.S. bishops diverge on sex abuse lawsuits.
▪ Archdiocesan newspaper apologizes for column about children of gay parents
   in Catholic schools.

OPINION

Catholic Church

▪ Prominent author and Catholic, James Carroll, challenges Church on celibacy.
▪ James Martin, S.J, culture editor at America magazine, strongly disagrees.

Immigration
▪ Jesus and the Arizona immigration law.

Human Rights
▪ Physicians for Human Rights reports that doctors who helped torture terrorist suspects violated national and international laws.

NEWS

Environment
▪ BP gives $1 million to Archdiocese of New Orleans for oil spill relief.

Health Care
▪ Jesuit journal praises health reform law as needed, long-awaited.

Catholic Church
▪ Catholics want women religious to speak out.
▪ Prospective Catholic priests face sexuality hurdles.
▪ Archbishop urges Congress not to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Global Justice
▪ Haitian peasants challenge Monsanto seed donation.

Faith and Education
▪ Young evangelicals expand their mission.

OPINION

Education
▪ Texas school board and the politics of the common good.

Hunger
▪ Building peace through food.

Immigration
▪ Immigration reform and the golden rule.

Abortion
▪  Excommunication of Catholic sister raises difficult questions.
  
 

NEWS

Environment
▪ In Louisiana, people hope and pray for a Gulf oil spill miracle.

Catholic Church
▪ The Obama administration sides with Vatican in abuse lawsuit.
▪ Los Angeles, the nation’s largest Catholic diocese, welcomes next archbishop.

Health Care
▪ Catholic Health Association executive committee meets with Vatican officials.

Economic Justice
▪ Irish American Catholic priest fights for financial reform on Wall Street.

Spirituality  
▪ Priest and writer’s concern with our core experiences resonates with cross
  section of Catholics.

OPINION

Health Care
▪ Washington and Lee law professor explains how Catholic bishops got it wrong
   on health care reform.
▪ U.S. bishops’ media relations director takes issue with National Catholic
   Reporter on health care fact check.
▪ NCR blogger Michael Sean Winters responds.

Abortion
▪ New York Times columnist defends excommunicated Catholic sister.

Politics
▪ How Christian is Tea Party libertarianism? Rev. Jim Wallis weighs in.

NEWS

Catholic Church
▪ Pope Benedict says the greatest persecution of the Church comes not from
  external attacks but from sin within the Church.
▪ A powerful priest’s legacy survives, and divides, in Mexico.

Law and Faith
▪ No Protestants: A New Order on the Supreme Court.

Immigration
▪ Bishop explains why comprehensive immigration reform is not amnesty.
▪ Berkley students end hunger strike over Arizona immigration law.

Economic Justice
▪ Catholic Charities president calls for values-based economy.

Education
▪ Arizona bill targeting ethnic studies signed into law.
▪ Do gay professors face bias at Catholic universities?
▪ Massachusetts’ Catholic school refuses to admit lesbian's son.

OPINION

Health Care Reform
▪ Catholics in Alliance president and University of Dayton theologian
  praise health reform as pro-life victory.

Catholics in the Public Square
▪ NCR publisher takes on Catholic League President Bill Donohue.
▪ Donohue swings back.

Environment
▪ Gulf oil spill shows need for tighter regulation of deep-water drilling.

NEWS

Immigration

▪Cardinal Mahony joins protestors rallying against Arizona’s immigration law.
▪NBA basketball team in Phoenix sends a message of solidarity to immigrants.
▪Poll shows most in U.S. want overhaul of immigration laws.

War and Peace

▪Pope Benedict calls for complete nuclear disarmament.
▪Atomic bomb survivors and activists gather in New York.

Health Care

▪WellPoint and Blue Shield to stop dropping sick policyholders.
▪Hundreds wait for free health care in Los Angeles.

Catholic Church

▪Vatican cardinal bucked U.S. bishop on abuse.
▪Lawyer behind Vatican lawsuits keeps frenzied pace.
▪Zogby poll: US Catholics say Pope should not resign.

Education and Social Justice

▪Students at urban Catholic high school learn lessons in service.

OPINION

Financial Reform

▪ A long history of Catholic social teaching supports financial reform.

Health Care

▪ Catholic sister argues that honest debate imperative for health care.

Immigration

▪ Arizona immigration law offends Christian values.

Catholic Church

▪The New York Times defends its coverage of Pope Benedict, abuse scandal.