March 1, 2010 - At Houston Baptist University on March 1, Archbishop Chaput spoke about the vocation of Christians in America public life. The talk follows fifty years after Sen. John F. Kennedy, then the Democratic candidate for president, spoke to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. Kennedy's "speech left a lasting mark on American politics," said archbishop. "It was sincere, compelling, articulate – and wrong. Not wrong about the patriotism of Catholics, but wrong about American history and very wrong about the role of religious faith in our nation’s life." (Read more)

Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2010 / 03:23 pm (CNA).- President Barack Obama’s Monday proposal of a revamp of health care legislation drew criticism but also cautious speculation from various pro-life leaders. While some criticized the proposal’s lack of abortion funding restrictions, one commentator from the U.S. bishops’ office suggested the president may want “further discussion” on the issue. Read More

Washington D.C., Feb 17, 2010 / 04:59 pm (CNA).- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington announced today that it is shutting down its foster care and public adoption program. The District of Columbia said the charity would be ineligible for service because of the new law recognizing same-sex “marriage Read More

Washington D.C., Feb 5, 2010 / 06:04 am (CNA).- In a Wednesday speech at Catholic University of America (CUA), Cardinal Christoph Schönborn lauded Christians’ freedom from “political correctness” and “the latest fashions.” Seeing hope for renewal in past monastic movements and in the contemporary United States, he discussed the relationship between Christianity and the modern West. Read More

by Alejandro Bermudez Jan. 12, 2010 - "Demography is destiny," proclaimed Auguste Comte, the French founder of sociology. In terms of Hispanic immigration, the Catholic Church in the U.S. has not experienced such a dramatic demographic change since the immigration of the Irish, who so deeply transformed the face of the American Catholic Church that it is legitimate to say that we currently have no idea of how it looked before them. Read More