Catholic communities return Order of Canada medals

Two Order of Canada medals have already been returned since abortion-rights activist Henry Morgentaler received his just over a week ago. Both medal denyers are Catholics who oppose Dr. Morgentaler's pro-abortion work.The medals represent the highest Canadian honour and are...

Pope to take a break down under

Pope Benedict has led hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in a giant mass, ending a week of World Youth Day festivities, which was marked by an historic papal apology for sex abuse.The pontiff also announced that the Catholic Church will hold its next World Youth Day in Madrid...

'Father' Tim Russert: Irish Catholicism and American Journalism

Another good piece of journalism from Poynter Institute's Roy Peter Clark.  When asked if he thinks first any of the writing tools he introduced before he write.  His answer, obviously is no. "I turn to a tool when I need it.  I use the tools, they don't use...

Are The Eastern Catholics and Orthodox Church Heading For Unification?

"Reports are circulating, in circles which are intensely attuned to the continued warming of relations between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, of a statement and proposal allegedly made by Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople."

Monk's guide to better sex

"A celibate monk has set up a website telling Catholic couples how to have better sex. "

Catholic Church to export energy

This a very smart move!–By Barney Zwartz , the Age, June 16, 2008"THE Catholic Church in Australia hopes to be contributing electricity to the national grid and to be mostly self-sufficient in water in 25 years.""The goal of the Greening...

Priest's apology to Clinton does little to quiet storm

"CHICAGO — Reverberations from the Sunday sermon of a Roman Catholic priest who mocked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at Sen. Barack Obama's home church.In a guest appearance at Trinity United Church of Christ, the priest,the Rev. Michael Pfleger, who resigned about two weeks...