Catholic News and Commentary

Burma Death Toll "Could Reach One Million"  May 12
"Only one-quarter of the victims have received any help at all."

Padre Pio Shrine Could Top Lourdes in Visitors  May 8
... now that the saint's body has been put on display.

Council of Europe Presses Members to Lift All Restrictions on Abortion  May 7
Demands that its 47 states "legalize abortion if they have not done so."

TV Witnesses Annual Miracle of St. Januarius  May 6
Twenty television stations, including CNN, had reporters on hand.

Bank Robber Kills Preborn Twins  May 5
... but Indiana can't bring murder charges.

Cardinal Egan's Rebuke to Giuliani  May 3
Specifically about abortion.

Airlines Slow Down Flights to Save on Fuel  May 3
But it also leads to higher labor and maintenance costs...

House Approves Pro-Life Genetic Discrimination Ban  May 2
The bill heads to President Bush for his signature.

Switzerland Grants Unprecedented "Rights" to Plants and Animals  May 1
"Unborn are less important than plants and animals."

"How to Be Homosexual" Class Offered to Children  Apr 30
'Social change' organization says 'masculinity' too narrowly defined.

Robert Miola: Was Shakespeare a Catholic?  May 12
"...case for evocative patterns of literary Catholicity seems much stronger."

Peggy Noonan: She's No Damsel and She Causes Distress  May 9
Hillary "has unleashed the gates of hell," a longtime party leader told me.

Todd Aglialoro: Reverse Clericalism  May 8
With respect to Russell Shaw, "today's clericalists are middle managers."

Barbara Kay: Obama and Fatherlessness  May 7
On black issues, Obama plays the white card...

Russell Shaw: On Clericalism  May 6
What is it and where does it come from?

Matthew Cullinan Hoffman: Grand Theft Culture  May 5
The entertainment industry goes for the jugular.

Catholic Encyclopedia: Saint Philip the Apostle  May 3
...brother of Saint James.

Mark Shea: Pope Benedict and the Scandal Redux  May 2
"...arguing with a phantom pope about phantom motivations."

Michael Coren: Christianity's Reluctant Convert  May 1
C.S. Lewis might be left behind in a trail of over-priced popcorn this May.

Thomas Sowell: Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene  Apr 30
On a variety of subjects...