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Experts say case of missing teen reflects larger problem
(UNDATED) As authorities search for a missing 13-year-old cancer patient whose mother shunned chemotherapy, an expert on faith healing said the case demonstrates just how these cases can get out of hand -- and the need to prevent them in the future.
On Tuesday (May 19), Daniel Hauser...
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Vatican notes Obama’s search for `common ground’ on abortion
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican's official newspaper called President Obama's commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday (May 17) part of his "search for common ground" with opponents of legalized abortion.
"The search for common ground: this seems to be the path cho...
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After Notre Dame, a search for common ground
(UNDATED) Will President Obama's plea for "common ground" on abortion during his much-anticipated speech at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday (May 17) persuade ardent abortion opponents to work with the new president?
At first glance, it doesn't seem likely.
"Each side will conti...
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Court mulls treatment for teenage `medicine man’
(RNS) A Minnesota court is mulling whether to order chemotherapy for a teenager with cancer whose parents are resisting the treatment because they believe their son is a Native American medicine man.
The parents of Daniel Hauser, who has Hodgkin's lymphoma, believe they are being forc...
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Rome [hearts] Bill Richardson
Who says the American Catholic hierarchy won't honor Catholic politicians who support abortion rights?
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will join Santa Fe Archbishop Michael Sheehan in Rome tomorrow, for a lighting of the Coliseum to celebrate New Mexico's abolition of the death pe...
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Does faith prolong suffering for cancer patients?
BOSTON -- Two years ago, Kevin Brumett was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was 29, and had never smoked in his life. After an initial round of successful treatment, the cancer has since spread to his brain.
Still, Brumett is determined to fight the disease, and says God is on his side...
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Some states pushing back against stem-cell decision
Legislation granting fertilized embryos "personhood" has gained momentum in at least three state legislatures. The strategy - which has been used to try to undermine the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion - is now aimed at embryonic stem-cell research. The scientific field uses...
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Boston cardinal supports disputed hospital plan
Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, responding for the first time to criticism of a proposed joint venture between Catholic hospitals and an insurance provider that would cover abortion procedures, said yesterday that the venture would be a good thing so long as the archdiocesan hospitals do n...
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Auction to feature Bakker “PTL” videos
Videotapes of the shows from the "PTL Club'' that featured Jim Bakker and his then-wife, the late Tammy Faye Bakker, will be featured at an auction next month, The Charlotte Observer reports.
The original tapes _ all 15,000 hours of them -- are now controlled by Ben Dyer, president of...
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New rules for Catholic judges?
Many people concentrated on Pope Benedict's reprimand of Pelosi and her fellow lawmakers after a meeting at the Vatican last week.
But Douglas Kmiec, the prominent Catholic legal scholar who turned a lot of heads when he articulated a Catholic case for voting for Obama last year, exam...
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