Academic

Law #2: What does Pope's visit to AMerica portend for Catholic higher ed establishment
For Catholic Educators, Eagerness and Angst Attend Pope's Visit advertisement Related materials Article: Papal Decree on Colleges Was 'a Call to Authenticity' Article: A Researcher Sees Hope in a Crisis Article: Watchdog Anticipates 'Triumphal Visit' Article: A President Cites Power...

Pope's Lent Message focuses on Almsgiving and aiding those in need
Arguably this could be good for a poverty course (particularly at a Catholic school) and I thought it interesting (though I am not Catholic) ... The Pope's 2008 Message for Lent focuses on "the practice of almsgiving, which represents a...

Pope's First U.S. Mass
From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Pope celebrates first public Mass of US trip in Washington," by Eric Gorski-- Pope Benedict XVI praised America as a land of opportunity and hope Thursday as he celebrated the first public Mass...

Focus Shifts to Archbishop Wuerl; Washington Prelate on Hotseat on Pro-Abortion Politicians
t the same time as praise and gratitude pours into the office of New York's Cardinal Egan from the pro-life community for his firm statements on the necessity of denying Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians, all eyes are now turning to Washington's Archbishop Donald Wuerl who remains evasive after Senator John Kerry and other prominently pro-abortion Catholic politicians were photographed receiving the Eucharist at the Pope's Mass.

KY FAMILY LAW: "Atheist father sues to keep son out of St. X"
The following story is legally interesting but must be an emotional nightmare as a young boy's parents who are divorced but with joint custody fight over his attendance at a Catholic school...

President Speaks At National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
President Bush this morning attended the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton Hotel, along with a number of members of Congress, Chief Justice John Roberts, Solicitor General Paul Clement and others...

Westinghouse
alleging that former Westinghouse employees are being deprived of a choice in health care prescription plan benefits that were formerly available to them through union bargaining.

Kansas Catholic Diocese

Catholic Archdiocese
Will Pay $12.6 Million in Sexual Abuse Settlements

Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Antigonish faces class action over abuse by a priest

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis
Settlement Reached in Six Sexual Abuse Suits