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  • Washington’s Catholic archbishop, Georgetown president spar over graduation invitation to Kathleen Sebelius

    May 17, 2012 1:36

    Washington’s Catholic archbishop, Georgetown president spar over graduation invitation to Kathleen Sebelius

    The already-boiling debate about Georgetown University’s decision to invite Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak during graduation hit the highest levels of Catholic Washington on Tuesday, with the region’s archbishop slamming the school’s president for the “shocking” invitation and saying the real issue was being distorted.

     
  • Ohio Catholic university ends student health plan

    May 17, 2012 1:27

    Ohio Catholic university ends student health plan

    A Catholic university in eastern Ohio says it will drop student health insurance partly because of a new federal health-care rule requiring religious-affiliated institutions’ insurance plans to provide contraception coverage.

     
  • Archdiocese of Washington rebukes Georgetown on Sebelius speech

    May 16, 2012 7:56

    Archdiocese of Washington rebukes Georgetown on Sebelius speech

    The Archdiocese of Washington, the Catholic Church’s authority in the nation’s capital, is rebuking another Catholic icon, Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic college in the United States. The conflict is over the university’s Public Policy Institute’s invitation to Kathleen Sebelius, [...]

     
  • In face of faith-based attacks, Obama campaign hires faith outreach director

    May 16, 2012 7:39

    In face of faith-based attacks, Obama campaign hires faith outreach director

    Just as it confronts fallout with some religious communities over President Barack Obama’s newly expressed support for same-sex marriage, the Obama re-election campaign is hiring a religious outreach director, it confirmed Tuesday. Michael Wear, who currently serves as executive assistant [...]

     
  • Crime Boss’s Tomb Is Exhumed for Clues in Missing Girl’s Case

    May 15, 2012 0:51

    Crime Boss’s Tomb Is Exhumed for Clues in Missing Girl’s Case

    Since 1983, when 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanished on a street here on her way home from a music lesson, investigators have struggled to solve her disappearance. Various theories have tied the presumed kidnapping to intrigue involving the Italian secret services, organized crime, even the attempt to assassinate John Paul II — or possibly all three.

     
  • Catholic worker group storms building housing Obama campaign headquarters, starting week of protest

    May 15, 2012 0:09

    Catholic worker group storms building housing Obama campaign headquarters, starting week of protest

    Dozens of demonstrators calling for an end to war rushed into President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters in Chicago on Monday morning, and eight were arrested, NBCChicago reported.

     
 
 
 
 
 
 

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