The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is said to have funded campaigns of the Democratic Party, including Barack Obama's. It has since been reformed, and some bishops are asking that the annual CCHD collection among Catholics should go forward.

We cannot lose sight that we won't have a prosperous nation without free markets and limited government as our constitution originally intended

The video says it all. A young man writing on a wall a message to Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. "Mr. Potato, make everyone happy and say goodbye."

The public option in medical care will inevitable lead to a two-tier system with the private sector providing an expensive alternative.

Reaction to an outbreak of an as yet undetermined flu has been politicized in Ukraine in advance of the crucial January 2010 presidential election. Panic in Kiev.

Marriage is a unique institution between one man, one woman, say Catholic bishops. Archbishop Josephy Kurtz of Louisville applauded the vote in Maine affirming traditional marriage.