If it comes to a showdown between one of America’s most successful college basketball coaches and one of the country’s most outspoken Catholic bishops, who do you think will win? Whispers in the Loggia flagged this story yesterday. Here’s the poop — and at the link, you can also find video of the controversial interview…

Seems Cardinal Roger Mahony has recently completed a little real estate transaction: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has sold its 12-story chancery on Wilshire Boulevard to help pay part of the costs of a record-breaking $660 million lawsuit settlement with alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse reached in July 2007. The archdiocesan newspaper, the Tidings,…

That issue, of course, is abortion. And the Catholic News Agency today filed this report of a remarkable debate on the issue that just took place in Colorado: A Catholic-sponsored debate about the ethics of abortion packed hundreds into an auditorium on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder, CO this past Friday night. The…

As we celebrate and honor the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a Catholic paper in Rhode Island is taking a look at black Catholicism in America: John A. Daluz has seen many changes in his life, many of which he attributes to the dedication and courageous efforts of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin…

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