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Senator Joe Biden’s Record Concerns Catholics

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer   Catholic groups are expressing concern over the selection of Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), a Catholic, as Senator Barack Obama’s running mate because of his stance on abortion and embryonic stem cell research and for voting against conservative judges such as Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and John Roberts.

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Church Must Enforce Teaching on Reception of the Eucharist, Archbishop says

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer

Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, the newly appointed Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, said the Church has the right to tell someone who persists in grave public sin that they may not receive Holy Communion, and that this should be regarded not as discipline, but as an act of mercy for both the individual and the community of believers.

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Census Reports More Childless Women and Out-of-Wedlock Births

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer A new report issued by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that more than 28 percent of children born in the year preceding the 2006 survey were born to women who had never been married. In addition, more women are remaining childless into their 40’s, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before.

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Church Must Enforce Teaching on Reception of the Eucharist, Archbishop says

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer   Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, the newly appointed Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, said the Church has the right to tell someone who persists in grave public sin that they may not receive Holy Communion, and that this should be regarded not as discipline, but as an act of mercy for both the individual and the community of believers.

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