Via the blogger Kansas City Catholic, a useful follow-the-money piece from the KC(Mo) diocesan paper on who’s funding the push for state funding of embryonic stem cell research in that state. The so-called "coalition" that is seeking a state constitutional amendment to protect human cloning and embryonic stem-cell research is being financed almost exclusively from…

Bishop Doran is the bishop of Rockford, IL. In his most recent column, he bulldozes American culture and society, and associates most of the problems with one political party. Many of the issues that confront us are serious, and we know by now that the political parties in our country are at loggerheads as to…

The priest who worked with Timothy McVeigh recounts his experience: When he ministered to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Divine Word Father Charles Smith found that his faith, instilled in him by loving parents despite the childhood pain of discrimination, enabled him to be Christ’s representative even as the inmate verbally assaulted him. "When I…

Our Lady of Guadalupe makes her mark: In the church since has been a replica of the Catholic icon, a life-size, iridescent picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe, her hands held in prayer, framed in a heavy gold material. But the massive symbol was presented Sunday at the cathedral for the coronation of Our Lady…

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