A new study has found that an alarming number of young Catholics, some as young as 10 years old, are leaving the faith due to the prevailing trend that sees atheism as “smart” and the faith as a “fairy tale.”
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MDThe National Institutes of Health (NIH), a federally-funded medical research agency, is soliciting comments from the public through the end of today on whether or not to allow taxpayer funding for research that involves the creation of human-animal chimeras.
Sister Isabel Sola MataPope Francis took a moment away from the joyful celebration of the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta this weekend to pray for a 51 year-old missionary who was gunned down on September 2 on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
In his homily commemorating the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Francis said that she was a generous dispenser of divine mercy in all aspects of her life through her welcome and defense of human life, both born and unborn.
Many Americans can’t understand why people like former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner continue to engage in sexting activities even after this behavior has destroyed their lives – and the lives of those they love. Why can’t they stop?
Just days before the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, a community of her nuns in Argentina was brutally attacked by three men who broke into the house, beat the sisters and desecrated their chapel.
Archbishop John J. Myers of the Archdiocese of Newark issued a letter yesterday in which he stood firmly behind a decision by Paramus Catholic High School to fire an employee who was discovered to be in a same-sex marriage, citing the “confusion and uncertainty” she posed to the moral formation of students at the school.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSWhy is San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick receiving so much applause from the media for standing up for his beliefs by snubbing the American flag when the same media couldn’t wait to bash Tim Tebow every time he displayed his beliefs by kneeling in grateful prayer on the field?
In light of recent incidents of violence and racial tension in communities across the United States, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has invited all dioceses across the country to unite in a Day of Prayer for Peace in Our Communities on September 9, the Feast of St. Peter Claver.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Although it received scant media attention, a dozen parishioners from the home parish of Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, stood on the steps of their church and let the world know what they think of his anti-life positions.
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