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Catholic TV program special to air on WEWS-TV5 at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 13

Some were nurses. Many were educators. Still others cared for orphans, the elderly, the mentally ill. But all were women religious enduring the communist regime in Eastern Europe after World War II. Their story is told in ?Interrupted Lives: Catholic Sisters Under European Communism,? a one-hour documentary distributed on Sunday, September 13 to AB...

Cardinal Rigali urges House Committee to support Pro-Life Amendments to Health Care Reform Bill

WASHINGTON - Cardinal Justin Rigali, Chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops? Committee on Pro-Life Activities, wrote on July 29 to the members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee urging them to amend ?America?s Affordable Health Choices Act? (H.R. 3200) to retain longstanding government policies on abortion and conscience rights.Read the comp...

Cardinal McCarrick brings Catholic Bishops' perspective to Senate hearing on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

WASHINGTON - Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, testified today (October 8) in Congress before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The hearing sought faith-based perspectives on immigration reform.         ...

Bishops deeply disappointed by Senate vote to table Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment

WASHINGTON - "The Senate vote to table the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment is a grave mistake and a serious blow to genuine health care reform,? said Cardinal Francis George, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. ?The Senate is ignoring the promise made by President Obama and the will of the American people in failing to incor...

Abortion provisions in House's Health Care Bill unacceptable, says Cardinal in letter to House

WASHINGTON - Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia urged preservation of ?longstanding federal policies that prevent government promotion of abortion and respect conscience rights,? and called current House health care legislation ?seriously deficient? on the issue of mandated coverage and funding of abortion.  He cited his concerns in a...

World Day for Consecrated Life - February 7

WASHINGTON - The 14th celebration of the annual World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2, will be marked in the United States the weekend of Feb. 7.  The occasion is celebrated in the United States on the Sunday following Feb. 2, to enable as much participation as possible.  World Day for Consecrated Life marks an opportunity to highlig...

Vatican report: Most U.S. seminaries are generally healthy

The following Catholic News Service story addresses the general health of U.S. Catholic seminarians.   In the Diocese of Cleveland, the college seminary is Borromeo Seminary, while the graduate school of Theology is Saint Mary Seminary.  Both educational institutions are located at the Center for Pastoral Leadership in Wickliffe, Ohi...