Morning Briefing

Jobs and the economy: As Obama urges action, GOP points to standing pat

German court says: Catholic institutions can fire staff for breaking rules, such as marriage vows.

Sunday Best? Church Leaders Blush at "Casual Catholic" Dress

Arkansas, 1962-1964: Vatican Council II draws weekly reports from Bishop Fletcher , Time Capsule: A 33-part series on history mined from the first 100 years of Arkansas Catholic and its predecessors.

BXVI: The unsung heroes of the Indian Church

Ireland: Government statement: response to vatican, Statement by the Government of Ireland on the response of the Holy See regarding the report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some legal advocates and constitutional scholars have questioned a plan by University Hospital to follow Catholic health care policies if a proposed merger is approved, according to a published report.

Vatican: Indonesian Islamic group to invite pope to Bali for pluralism meeting

Scotland City Catholic schools launch new headteachers recruitment drive

Northern New York Catholic Charities largest recipient of United Way funding in St. Lawrence County

Texas Seventy-year-old Thomas H. Teczar, who is serving a 50-year sentence in Texas for sexual abuse of a child, has been laicized by Pope Benedict XVI

I thought this was a news story about church and politics, perhaps Communion denied: Archbishop Murphy rolls Kennedy Catholic again, only to learn it is about a football game!