For Ex-GOP Official, Obama Is Candidate of Catholic Values New York Times -

When Douglas W. Kmiec endorsed Senator Barack Obama for
president last spring, it made waves, especially among Roman Catholics.

Michelle Obama: Barack's abortion stand respects ‘sacred responsibility of parenthood’

DENVER, August 29 (CNA) - Michelle Obama, wife of proposed Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, joined other Democratic leaders at the Women’s Caucus of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, pledging to support female candidates, advocate policies in women’s interest, and preserve the legal status quo of permissive abortion laws.

Franciscan monks savagely beaten at Italian monastery

TURIN, August 29 (CNA) - On Wednesday hooded attackers assaulted Franciscan monks at a monastery in the Alps foothills near Turin, leaving one priest severely injured and the three other victims hospitalized.

A Recommended Catholic Publication By (Jeffrey Tucker)

While it's true that it contains some political commentary as well as
Catholic news and the like, its politics are by no means conventionally
right wing. For example, it editorialized fiercely against the Iraq war

Vietnam arrests four in Catholic land dispute, say protesters AFP -

HANOI (AFP) — Communist Vietnam's police Thursday arrested four Catholics
who have taken part in mass prayer vigils this month for the return of
church land

"Breaking News"? By Christine the Soccer Mom

(Christine the Soccer Mom)
Yesterday morning, I was listening to Laura Ingraham on the radio and it
was announced on the news that the Democrats were going to stop the
roll-call partway through and nominate Barack Obama by acclamation.

Douglas Kmiec Makes His ‘Catholic Case’ for Obama Wall Street Journal Blogs -

The Pepperdine law professor, a Catholic and former adviser to Presidents
Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush, says he was denied Communion in April

Media ignores huge Latino rally supporting marriage and the family

DENVER, August 25 (CNA) - Around 5,000 Latinos gathered in Denver on Sunday afternoon to show their support for marriage and the family, making the gathering the largest to-date.

Holy See expresses support for Christians under attack in India

ROME, August 26 (CNA) - The Catholic Church in India and other Christians have come under attack by suspected Hindu militants after a fundamentalist Hindu leader was killed last Saturday.

Beauty pageant for Italian nuns Telegraph.co.uk -

Father Rungi said it was nuns who had first suggested the idea to him, but
some Catholic groups were critical. "It's an initiative that belittles the
role

Obama needs to address his ‘abortion problem,’ Jesuit professor says

NEW YORK, August 13 (CNA) - St. Louis University philosophy professor Father John F. Kavanaugh, S.J., writing in an open letter in the August 18 edition of the Jesuit weekly “America”, has called on presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama to address his “abortion problem” among Catholic voters.

Zogby: McCain leads Obama among Catholics due to social issues

UTICA, N.Y., August 6 (CNA) - The latest Associated TV/Zogby International poll reports a significant change in Catholic support for the leading presumptive presidential nominees of both major U.S. political parties.

Holy Land conflict needs courageous leaders and gestures, says new patriarch

QUEBEC CITY, August 7 (CNA) - Just five weeks after being installed as the new Patriarch of the Latin Church in Jerusalem, His Beatitude Fouad Twal described his experience to CNA as the “top of happiness.”

Pope Benedict asks China to 'open up' to the Gospel

BRESSANONE, August 7 (CNA) - Speaking from the town of Oies, the birthplace of a canonized Italian missionary to China, Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday said China is growing in international importance but must also “open up” to Christ.

Reunion of 'tenth-born children' sets Guiness Book world record in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, August 4 (CNA) - Forty one people who are the “tenth-born” child in their family met in Buenos Aires in July to honor St. Gianna Beretta Molla, establishing a Catholic “Guinness” world record.

Phillipines Catholics protest deal expanding autonomous region for Muslims

MANILA, August 5 (CNA) - Thousands of Catholics in two southern Philippines cities on Monday demonstrated against a government agreement granting Muslims more territory and political and economic powers.

Pope Benedict working on draft encyclical during Bressanone vacation

ROME, August 5 (CNA) - Pope Benedict XVI is continuing to vacation with his brother in the northern Italian town of Bressanone, where he is reportedly drafting a new encyclical.

Pope's hopes for Olympics

Aug 4 - Pope Benedict has sent China best wishes for a successful Olympics during his weekly Angelus.

Non-profit group files lawsuit against FEC to secure ability to publish Obama’s abortion stance

WASHINGTON DC, August 1 (CNA) - A group which says it is trying to expose Sen. Barack Obama’s “radical pro-abortion views and voting record” on Wednesday filed a “pre-emptive” suit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Department of Justice to prevent them from enforcing rules that the group claims hinder its engagement in issue advocacy.

Youth to have rally with Pope Benedict in France

PARIS, July 31 (CNA) - The Bishops’ Conference of France announced that during Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming visit to the country September 12-15, a “Youth Festival” will be held with the Pontiff to mark the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Mary at Lourdes.

Presence of Pope awakens Catholic fervor in northern Italian region

ROME, July 31 (CNA) - The Italian region of Alto Adige, where Pope Benedict XVI is spending his vacations and where a small but active German-speaking Catholic community resides, is experiencing a renewal of faith with the presence of the Holy Father in the region.

Lawsuit filed to challenge California ballot’s ‘inflammatory’ rewording of marriage amendment

SACRAMENTO, August 1 (CNA) - Supporters of a California amendment that would define marriage as being between a man and a woman have said they will file a lawsuit challenging California attorney general Jerry Brown’s decision to rewrite the wording of the measure