http://www.ncregister.com/ Tom Wehner, John Burger, and Amy Smith are among the National Catholic Register editors and other writers who will be blogging here. en NCRegister Copyright 2013 2013-05-24T17:55:20+00:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/up5X6d3kmy0/medal_of_honor_for_hero_priest http://www.ncregister.com/blog/medal_of_honor_for_hero_priest#When:2009-10-14 By Tom McFeely | According to The Associated Press, outgoing Army Secretary Pete Geren has endorsed awarding a posthumous Medal of Honor to Korean War chaplain Father Emil Kapaun. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has also...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/up5X6d3kmy0" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-14 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/medal_of_honor_for_hero_priest#When:2009-10-14 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/_VP__bNNzGI/bishop_fellay_remains_intransigent http://www.ncregister.com/blog/bishop_fellay_remains_intransigent#When:2009-10-14 By Tom McFeely | A full restoration of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X to union with Rome does not appear imminent, if a recent interview given by the society’s superior general is any guide. The Reuters FaithWorld blog has posted...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/_VP__bNNzGI" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-14 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/bishop_fellay_remains_intransigent#When:2009-10-14 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/fiWKi-O3iak/better_than_bingo_night http://www.ncregister.com/blog/better_than_bingo_night#When:2009-10-13 By Tom McFeely | Father Andrew Trapp, parochial vicar at St. Michael Church in Garden City, S.C., has won $100,000 on Fox TV’s new “Pokerstars Million Dollar Challenge.” The poker-playing priest plans to go “all in” with his winnings, by...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/fiWKi-O3iak" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-13 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/better_than_bingo_night#When:2009-10-13 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/WzEikUfrpsQ/we_dont_kidnap_imams http://www.ncregister.com/blog/we_dont_kidnap_imams#When:2009-10-13 By Tom McFeely | One of the ongoing difficulties of dialogue with Islam is that there is a very fundamental disconnect between the behavior of people who are highly animated by their Christian faith, and the actions undertaken by a substantial...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/WzEikUfrpsQ" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-13 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/we_dont_kidnap_imams#When:2009-10-13 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/3-8ytwFc3OU/suri_cruise_at_catholic_school http://www.ncregister.com/blog/suri_cruise_at_catholic_school#When:2009-10-13 By Tom McFeely | In response to pressure from his wife, Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise reportedly has allowed the couple’s 3-year-old daughter, Suri, to attend a Catholic preschool in Massachusetts. Cruise is a high-profile member of the controversial...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/3-8ytwFc3OU" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-13 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/suri_cruise_at_catholic_school#When:2009-10-13 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/9q3aiO4NbHQ/a_very_political_peace_prize http://www.ncregister.com/blog/a_very_political_peace_prize#When:2009-10-9 By Tom McFeely | The selection of President Barack Obama as this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize is a most peculiar choice, given how briefly he has been president and how little he has done in concrete terms to advance the cause of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/9q3aiO4NbHQ" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-9 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/a_very_political_peace_prize#When:2009-10-9 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/I67V91G0ARU/bishops_to_congress_drop_abortion_from_health-care_reform http://www.ncregister.com/blog/bishops_to_congress_drop_abortion_from_health-care_reform#When:2009-10-9 By Tom McFeely | Here is the text of a letter sent Oct. 8 to all members of Congress by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Dear Member of Congress: On behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), we are writing to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/I67V91G0ARU" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-9 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/bishops_to_congress_drop_abortion_from_health-care_reform#When:2009-10-9 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/X19fSo_CBrY/cardinal_newman_society_boston_college_required_to_provide_contraceptives http://www.ncregister.com/blog/cardinal_newman_society_boston_college_required_to_provide_contraceptives#When:2009-10-9 By Tom McFeely | In an amended press release issued today, the Cardinal Newman Society acknowledged it omitted some important relevant facts in reporting this week that Boston College’s student health plan covers contraception. The amended press...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/X19fSo_CBrY" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-9 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/cardinal_newman_society_boston_college_required_to_provide_contraceptives#When:2009-10-9 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/bB2c-DWVz9M/a_tale_of_two_colleges http://www.ncregister.com/blog/a_tale_of_two_colleges#When:2009-10-8 By Tom McFeely | The Cardinal Newman Society has reported that Boston College’s student health plan includes coverage for “family planning services,” including contraception. Here’s an excerpt from the Cardinal Newman Society’s Oct. 7...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/bB2c-DWVz9M" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-8 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/a_tale_of_two_colleges#When:2009-10-8 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/9XPVmU_Dh6s/bosnian_cardinal_vatican_will_release_medjugorje_directive http://www.ncregister.com/blog/bosnian_cardinal_vatican_will_release_medjugorje_directive#When:2009-10-7 By Tom McFeely | In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Vrhbosna,&nbsp; president of the bishops’ conference of Bosnia, said he expects the Vatican will soon release a directive — perhaps before the end of this year —...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/9XPVmU_Dh6s" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-7 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/bosnian_cardinal_vatican_will_release_medjugorje_directive#When:2009-10-7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/2gU0dZKyUMA/fatima_movie_promo http://www.ncregister.com/blog/fatima_movie_promo#When:2009-10-7 By Tom McFeely | Oct. 13 marks the 92nd anniversary of the famous final apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fátima, Portugal, in 1917. This year, the date has an additional significance: It marks the formal release in the United States of a new and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/2gU0dZKyUMA" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-7 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/fatima_movie_promo#When:2009-10-7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/7i5Qd_WzgqI/sumatra_aid_efforts http://www.ncregister.com/blog/sumatra_aid_efforts#When:2009-10-6 By Tom McFeely | This Union of Catholic Asian News article details efforts undertaken by some young Indonesian Catholics to send aid to survivors of the earthquake that devastated the island of Sumatra Sept. 30. Their efforts are mostly...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/7i5Qd_WzgqI" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-6 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/sumatra_aid_efforts#When:2009-10-6 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/m_k5dTXzrMk/atheist-funded_researcher_shroud_of_turin_is_a_fraud http://www.ncregister.com/blog/atheist-funded_researcher_shroud_of_turin_is_a_fraud#When:2009-10-6 By Tom McFeely | That’s right, an Italian scientist whose work was funded by an Italian association of atheists and agnostics has undertaken some experiments that he claims “prove” the Shroud of Turin isn’t really the burial cloth of Jesus,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/m_k5dTXzrMk" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-6 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/atheist-funded_researcher_shroud_of_turin_is_a_fraud#When:2009-10-6 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/Osu5luNC5fo/mass_translations_video http://www.ncregister.com/blog/mass_translations_video#When:2009-10-6 By Tom McFeely | Rome Reports has released this short video encapsulating the reasons why a new English translation of the Roman Missal is being prepared. The new translation is now entering the final stages of approval, and it is expected to be...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/Osu5luNC5fo" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-6 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/mass_translations_video#When:2009-10-6 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~3/yXhUeYxGj5k/obamas_new_vatican_ambassador_lists_priorities http://www.ncregister.com/blog/obamas_new_vatican_ambassador_lists_priorities#When:2009-10-5 By Tom McFeely | Miguel Diaz, whose letters of credence as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See were accepted Friday by Pope Benedict XVI, identified several current issues as being of leading importance for dialogue between the United States and the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/StaffBloggers/~4/yXhUeYxGj5k" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-10-5 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/obamas_new_vatican_ambassador_lists_priorities#When:2009-10-5