New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has evidently been sharpening her stiletto, to take another stab at the Church, but the point is really pretty dull. In every sense. There is so much wrong with her latest column, I don’t even know where to begin, so I’ll let you all take a look and have…

Like a lot of people, I get inundated with pleas for money from various religious orders. But I claim a soft spot in my heart for a hearty band of Trappists who live in the homeland of my grandparents: they are the monks of Novy Dvur and Sept Fons, in the Czech Republic. There, they…

Yesterday, the country’s first Catholic Vice President had a few things to say about health care reform and abortion: Vice President Joseph Biden, a practicing Catholic, is using his faith and his position to try and help convince those in Congress who have fears about the health care legislation and federal funding of abortion to…

“Health care is such an important issue for the United States. It’s very disturbing to see that there seems to be a rush to push through legislation without carefully weighing all of the consequences. I think it’s unfortunate that some Catholic groups have not paid close enough attention to what the bishops are saying regarding…

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