|
The National Catholic Register Print Edition
|
The latest articles from the National Catholic Register
|
-
Let Freedom for the Unborn Ring
By Joseph Pronechen | Almost 50 years ago, Freedom Rides helped establish the rights of blacks to use public facilities equally with whites. Pro-lifers kicked off a Freedom Ride for the Unborn in Birmingham, Ala., July 23. | BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — As the civil-rights movement was simmering in the early 1960s, black men and women, often accompanied by white sympathizers, boarded …
-
Beatification Bound
By Carlos Briceño | Looking ahead to the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, scholars are gathering in Pittsburgh to hear a deacon cured by his intercession. | PITTSBURGH — When Deacon Jack Sullivan gives the homily during a Mass at the start of a conference on Cardinal John Henry Newman in Pittsburgh in early August, his relationship to the man …
-
1-Man Death Panel?
By Joan Frawley Desmond | Pro-lifers expressed concern about another Obama appointee: Donald Berwick, who apparently favors rationing health care. | WASHINGTON — Pro-life groups and other critics who are worried about the specter of health-care rationing attacked the recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick, a Harvard professor and pediatrician who was sworn in July 13 as the head of the …
-
Pharmacy Board Reverses Itself on Right of Conscience Case
By Elenor K. Schoen | Washington state reversed a rule that required pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception even if they are morally opposed. | OLYMPIA, Wash. — In a stunning reversal, the Washington State Pharmacy Board has decided to allow pharmacists with conscientious objections to filling certain prescriptions to refer patients to other nearby pharmacies. On July 7, Judge Ronald Leighton …
-
Sisters Share the Gospel in Kansas City
By Laurie Ghigliotti | Little Sisters of the Lamb travel in threes to beg for their daily bread in the tradition of St. Dominic and offer to pray with and for the people they meet. | KANSAS CITY, Kan. — In their small chapel in Kansas City, Kan., the voices of the Little Sisters of the Lamb enfold their visitors within …
|
