• Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 12:34pm By Dr Marty Klein
      Researchers at New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice have been researching the causes of the Catholic Church’s modern tradition of priests sexualizing boys. In releasing their initial findings, they said they can’t attribute it to gay...
  • Monday, October 26, 2009 - 3:20pm By Chris Hall
    As in the rest of the United States, same-sex relationships are a hot topic on the island of Guam. The controversy has been especially intense since July, when Bill 185, which would make same-sex couples able to enter into legal domestic...
  • Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 3:58pm By Tim McElreavy
    Three fervent Catholics were arrested early Sunday morning for defacing works of art displayed on the Cathedral of Montauban in southwestern France. Footage from surveillance cameras shows a man and two women armed with a brush, glue, and newspaper...
  • Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 11:21am By Chris Hall
    Catherina Lorena Cenzon-DeCarlo, a nurse at New York City's Mount Sinai Medical Center, is suing the hospital because she was required to assist in the termination of a second-trimester pregnancy. Cenzon-DeCarlo, who is Catholic, objected to...
  • Saturday, May 30, 2009 - 5:12pm By John Pettitt
    Who has the most sex scandals? Thinking back to the Clinton administration, you might think it would be the Democrats or maybe the Catholic Church, but you'd be wrong. Using the highly unscientific (but fun) method of who has the most google hits,...
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 11:26am By Tim McElreavy
    Le Figaro reports that according to sources in both the American and Italian media, the Vatican has rejected the informal proposal of Caroline Kennedy for the post of U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. The Holy See denies this allegation, and the Obama...
  • Friday, April 10, 2009 - 5:03pm By Theresa Ikard
    Easter is the holiest of the Catholic holidays, but as a child, I was more intrigued by the aesthetics of the day than observing its religious significance.  Despite my strong Catholic roots, I’ve never connected spiritually with religion...
  • Monday, March 30, 2009 - 3:54pm By John Pettitt
    Three Portuguese Bishops, two appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, have openly split with the Pope over condom use to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Military Bishop Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira is quoted by AP as saying "to ban condom...
  • Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 4:42pm By Tim McElreavy
    In 1992, Queen Elizabeth II broke with law and royal tradition by voluntarily paying income, capital gains, and inheritance taxes—just as any of her subjects must do. Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week proposed further measures of equality for...