Late yesterday, the U.S. bishops released their weekly smackdown of a prominent American Catholic pol. And Washington’s Archbishop Wuerl added his own voice, in a letter to his priests: Our Catholic faith proclaims what is already written in our human hearts and recognized in our conscience – to kill innocent human life is wrong. The…

First, Pelosi, now Biden. Another prominent American Catholic politician is wading into deep — and hot — water over the issue of abortion. And it happened, once again, in remarks made on “Meet the Press.” This time, it was Delaware Senator and Democratic nominee for vice president, Joe Biden. Here’s the story, from American Papist.…

Hours after San Francisco’s Archbishop published a letter, inviting the most prominent member of his flock for a friendly chat about abortion, the Speaker of the House accepted. This, from the AP: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under fire from U.S. bishops for comments she made about abortion, accepted on Friday an invitation from the Roman…

It didn’t get much attention, but Wednesday night the Bishop of Orlando, Thomas Wenski, delivered a prayer at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Take a look at what he had to say:

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