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Recent Headlines

News headlines are courtesy of Catholic News Agency and were last updated on 07/30/2010

  • Congressmen to propose government-wide ban on taxpayer-funded abortion
    Washington D.C., Jul 30, 2010 / 06:03 am (CNA).- On Thursday Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) were scheduled to introduce legislation which would establish a permanent government-wide prohibition on taxpayer funding for abortion. Pro-life leaders praised the comprehensiveness of the proposal. more...
  • Catholic League, Ignatius Press file brief in University of California lawsuit on course standards
    Washington D.C., Jul 30, 2010 / 02:45 am (CNA).- Attorneys representing the Catholic League and Ignatius Press have filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit alleging that the California public university system has refused credit for classes that are taught from a religious perspective. The university has defended its standards' neutrality, contending that the refused courses were sub par. more...
  • Conference draws hundreds of Catholic Native Americans for 'evangelization'
    Albuquerque, N.M., Jul 30, 2010 / 12:16 am (CNA).- The sound of drums boomed in the background as Sr. Kateri Mitchell spoke to CNA on Wednesday about the opening of the 71st Annual Tekakwitha Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She described the gathering of nearly 800 Native Americans from around the country as an opportunity for "evangelization" among the tribes. more...
  • HHS bans coverage of elective abortion in high-risk pools
    Washington D.C., Jul 29, 2010 / 07:14 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After reports recently surfaced that some of the new federally-funded high risk pool insurance programs in states across the U.S. were covering elective abortion, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a statement today, prohibiting the plans from covering the procedure. more...
  • Fired Catholic professor reinstated at University of Illinois
    Champaign, Ill., Jul 29, 2010 / 05:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A professor who was recently fired for explaining the Catholic teaching on homosexuality will be reinstated, according to the University of Illinois. Dr. Kenneth Howell's position at the school was terminated at the end of the Spring Semester this year after teaching in a class on Catholicism that the Church believes homosexual behavior violates natural law. more...
  • US Catholic bishops applaud judge's immigration decision
    Washington D.C., Jul 29, 2010 / 12:31 pm (CNA).- The chairman of the U.S. Bishops Committee on Migration, Bishop John C. Wester joined the Catholic bishops of Arizona in lauding the recent decision of a federal judge to block parts of Arizona's new law on immigration from going into effect. more...
  • Citing new memo, senators urge HHS to restrict abortion funding in high-risk pools
    Washington D.C., Jul 29, 2010 / 05:16 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Responding to a new report that the 2010 health care law lacks restrictions that prohibit states from using federal funding to pay for abortions in the new high risk insurance pools, 13 Republican senators have written to the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to urge regulatory action. more...
  • Anglican cleric apologizes for giving communion to dog
    Toronto, Canada, Jul 29, 2010 / 03:27 am (CNA).- An Anglican female priest in Canada has apologized for offering communion to a dog after the incident added to further tensions within the Anglican churches. more...
  • Boston archdiocese asks for lay participation in Catholics Come Home campaign
    Boston, Mass., Jul 29, 2010 / 12:54 am (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Boston is planning a major campaign to urge inactive Catholics to "come home" to their faith. The campaign will use television ads, parish events and personal invitations, making the involvement of priests and parishioners "vital." more...
  • Judge rules against Christian banned from Eastern Michigan counseling program
    Grand Rapids, Mich., Jul 28, 2010 / 10:06 pm (CNA).- Attorneys of the Alliance Defence Fund (ADF) are preparing to appeal a federal judge's decision that a Christian student's beliefs about homosexuality were an acceptable grounds for her dismissal from a graduate program in counseling at Eastern Michigan University. more...