Mommy and daddy are fighting, and the anguished children don’t know where to turn. This is the state of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States today. A small group of very conservative bishops has hijacked the church, or at least the public voice of the church. The bishops are playing the role of the authoritarian father. In case after case, their message to the faithful is “Do it because I say so.” Read full article > >

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Catholics caught between bishops, Obama’s birth control mandate

The Vatican orders a crackdown on Roman Catholic nuns in the US after concerns are raised about “certain radical feminist themes”.

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Crackdown on ‘radical’ nuns in US

The government’s plans for gay marriage are criticised as “grotesque” by the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in Britain.

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Cardinal criticises gay marriages

A girl’s successful lawsuit to have a prayer removed from her high school has roiled the heavily Roman Catholic city of Cranston, where residents are appealing the decision.

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Rhode Island City Enraged Over School Prayer Lawsuit

The elevation of Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan to cardinal is the culmination of the 61-year-old’s rapid rise through the ranks, cementing his role as a leading voice of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Dolan Elevated as Pope Names New Cardinals

Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan will be among those elevated to cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church in a Vatican ceremony next month.

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The head of the Roman Catholic Church delivers his traditional Christmas Day message to believers in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

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Pope delivers Christmas message

Roman Catholic bishops, charities, schools and universities are seeking a broad exemption for employers who object to covering free birth control for women for moral and religious reasons.

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Democrats Urge Obama to Defend Birth Control Rules

The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops have recast their opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage.

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Bishops Renew Fight on Abortion and Gay Marriage

An Episcopal church in Maryland — including its pastor — has decided to convert to Catholicism, the first in the United States to make the move under new Vatican rules meant to appeal to disaffected Protestants. St. Luke’s, a small, tight-knit congregation in Bladensburg with a majority of members from Africa and the Caribbean, will be allowed to hold onto its Anglican traditions even as it comes under the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. That will include being led by its married pastor, the Rev. Mark Lewis, and retaining much of its liturgy. Read full article > >

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week. The Buffalo-born brothers were also brothers in the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor. Professed friars for 65 years, they spent much of that time working together at St. Bonaventure University, doing carpentry work, gardening and driving visitors to and from the airport and around town. “It was fun to see them, just quiet, gentle souls,” Yvonne Peace, who worked at the St. Bonaventure Friary for nearly 21 years, said Friday. Read full article > >

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Twin friars, 92, die within hours of each other in Fla., were Catholic university co-workers

A Roman Catholic cardinal accuses the UK government of operating an “anti-Christian foreign policy” in relation to aid.

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UK’s aid policy ‘anti-Christian’

The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico has been trying to confront its historic ties to drug traffickers and their gifts.

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Mexican Church Takes a Closer Look at Donors

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales urges a return to self-sacrifice in Lent, suggesting worshippers forego meat on Fridays.

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Shahbaz Bhatti, the Christian cabinet minister who was assassinated this week, was honored at a Roman Catholic service.

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