For Greater Glory, a movie about the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico in the 1920's which debuted this weekend, prompted Los Angeles' Bishop Jose Gomez to call the film's message "timely" because it reminds embattled American Catholics that religious liberties must never be taken for granted.
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Black pastors, who head up a flock that is known to be very much in support of traditional marriage, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder in which they scoffed at the notion of same-sex marriage being a civil rights issue and demanded that he set up a meeting with the president to discuss his "evolution" on same-sex nuptials.
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Pro-Marriage Supporters in Maryland have announced that they have submitted more than twice the number of signatures necessary to put the state's new same-sex marriage law before voters for a vote in November.
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A bill that will make it illegal to abort a fetus because of its gender is expected to come before the House of Representatives this afternoon for a vote.
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Thanks to pressure by the New Media, MTV decided to scrap its plans for a reality TV show that would have followed young adults in a quest to lose their virginity.
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A high school teacher in North Carolina found herself forced to engage well-informed students who took her to task when she gave out misleading information about President Barack Obama during class - a debate that lead to the teacher threatening the student with arrest.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
During a speech that encouraged graduates to embrace relativism when dealing with the subject of faith in the public square, Kathleen Sebelius' much anticipated address at Georgetown University on May 18 was anything but pleasant as she found herself being heckled just two minutes into her speech.
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Proponents of same-sex marriage are now taking the fight into Catholic institutions with both a parish and a school coming under fire in recent weeks for defending Church teaching on homosexuality - on their own property!
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America's favorite Cardinal has brought his trademark wit and popular blogging style to Twitter where his debut launched him into becoming the third most followed cardinal in the world.
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During a gripping testimony in front of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, a human rights activist said China's one-child policy has not only led to the "systematic elimination of girls" through forced abortion, but is causing an epidemic of suicide among women in China.
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