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Please click here to read Maggie Gallagher's excellent column on proposed legislation in New York State, which would treat private and public institutions unequally regarding child sexual abuse cases.

After Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine approved “Choose Life” license plates on Monday, he said, “If Planned Parenthood...or another similar organization ever chooses to seek a specialty license plate in Virginia, I believe the constitution would require the state to approve that plate to protect against any viewpoint discrimination.” We agree. And we await Planned Parenthood’s submission [...]

Please click on this link to find out what Francis Cardinal George, the Archbishop of Chicago, had to say about Notre Dame's invitation to President Obama to speak at this year's graduation.

Please click on the link to learn the latest on the flap surrounding President Obama's upcoming commencement speech at Notre Dame.

On its blog, Americans United for Separation of Church and State reluctantly offered a mild defense of the Catholic Church in its stand against the Connecticut bill that would have allowed state interference in Church finances. However, Americans United also took the opportunity to lecture the Church about the First Amendment, making absurd comparisons throughout the article. Americans [...]

On today's edition of "The View," Elizabeth Hasselbeck was at it again.  Contrary to what many Catholics believe, she is no friend of the Church. The hosts of the show were discussing a Vatican newspaper article about the washing machine being  what liberated women the most in the 20th century; Hasselbeck stated that the Church should not render an opinion on such [...]

Below please find the email that Clark Hoyt, Public Editor of the New York Times, sent to Bill Donohue: Dear Bill, I read with interest the post headlined "Photo Politics" on the Web site of the Catholic League.  It complains about a photograph in The Times that was taken on Ash Wednesday at the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton [...]

In the “A” section of today’s New York Times, there is a huge photo—approximately a quarter page in size—of a priest giving ashes to a woman on Ash Wednesday. The photo, shot from above, shows no one in the church but the two of them. The caption below says, “The Rev. Ed Zogby marked a worshiper’s forehead with [...]

Bishop Richard Williamson of the St. Pius X Society has issued an apology for his remarks regarding the Holocaust.  Please click here to read his statement.

We thought you'd like to know how progressives view penance.  Here is what Roger Ray had to say about the issue in today's edition of the News-Leader, a Springfield, Missouri newspaper: "As a member of a progressive Christian church, I am more likely than most to encounter folks who angrily reject all penitence and prayers of confession as [...]