WASHINGTON 8-25-2010 - Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, welcomed the federal court injunction against the Obama administration’s funding of human embryonic stem cell research, calling the ruling a “victory for common sense and sound medical ethics.” He said this ruling also vindicates the bishops’ reading of the Dickey amendment, the amendment approved by Congress since 1996, which prevents federal funding of research in which human embryos are harmed or destroyed. Read More

WASHINGTON, DC (CNSNews.com) - August 19, 2010 - Catholic leaders refuted Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling earlier this month that California must stop enforcing Proposition 8, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and which blames religious institutions' beliefs, including those of the Catholic Church, for harming homosexuals and lesbians. Read More
 

San Francisco, Calif., Aug 17, 2010 / 11:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Responding to the August 4 ruling by Judge Vaughn Walker that California's Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday issued an emergency stay of the judge's decision. Read More

Phoenix, Ariz., Aug 10, 2010 / 06:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Weighing in on what he called the “misguided” ruling by a federal judge who struck down California's Proposition 8 last week, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona declared on Tuesday evening, what “is at stake here is cultural sanity and viability.” Read More

By Catholic News Service August 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic and other church-owned health systems demonstrate greater quality and efficiency than not-for-profit or investor-owned systems, according to a new analysis by Thomson Reuters. Read More