Holy Land Coordination 2012 Final Communiqué
We, the Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination, have met in the Holy Land since 1998, to be in solidarity with the local Christian community and share in the pastoral life of the local…

Scranton University Refuses Bishop’s Call to Withdraw Invitation to Pro-Abortion Rights Speaker
Last week, The Cardinal Newman Society reported that Scranton University is hosting a former Congresswoman and advocate of abortion rights on campus to help train women to run…

So what effect has Blessed John Paul II’s Ex corde Ecclesiae had on Catholic colleges in America? Has it infringed on academic freedom and created a new Inquisition as some academicians publicly worried at the time of its release. Or…

WASHINGTON—Pope Benedict XVI has established the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter to serve former Anglican groups and clergy in the United States who wish to become Catholic. He also named the 59-year-old Father Jeffrey N. Steenson of…

For much of the population, these four weeks before Christmas are a frenzied time of shopping, entertaining and, perhaps, carrying out some projects that must be completed before the end of the year. All of these things have their place…

Some of you may remember a Steven Spielberg film from about a decade ago, “Amistad.” It was a true story about a dozen or so African men on trial in 1841 for rebelling against slave traders who had abducted them.…

Catholics seeking reliable information on what the Catholic Church teaches about marriage will now be able to visit www.marriageuniqueforareason.org, a website featuring resources such as an extensive FAQ section on the meaning of marriage, a compilation of Catholic teaching on…

My brother bishops: it is with that stunningly simple exhortation of Blessed Pope John II that I begin my remarks to you this morning. “Love for Jesus and His Church must be the passion of our lives!” You and I…

There will be changes at Mass beginning the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011. These changes have been in process for years and many people throughout the world have had a part in their preparation. You may already be…

Teddy Roosevelt was a man who had a reputation for being frank and direct. In 1900, a year before he entered the White House, he wrote these words:
“No community is healthy where it is ever necessary to distinguish one…