Published: March 30, 2011 American politics have an almost religious intensity. In the church of American politics, there is tremendous pressure to choose one of the creeds in the mainstream left/right...

Published: March 2, 2011 On Monday, Feb. 14, President Obama released his proposal for the federal budget. His cuts zeroed in on domestic programs that help the poor, like the Low Income Home Energy...

Published: May 5, 2010 A couple of weeks ago, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s secretary of state, made remarks that linked homosexuality to sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Bertone was responding...

Published: April 20, 2011 An English translation of the Roman Missal released by Pope John Paul II in 2000 will be implemented in November of this year. The translation, which aims to be truer to the...

Published: April 13, 2011 A Fordham theologian’s book “contains misrepresentations, ambiguities and errors that bear upon the faith of the Catholic Church,” according to a recent statement...

Published: February 2, 2011 Students and faculty gathered to examine the shrinking number of 20-somethings identifying with the Catholic Church during a two-day conference titled, “Lost? Twenty-Somethings...

Published: April 22, 2010 Though health care reform passed in the House a few weeks ago, that certainly wasn’t the end of the discussion, evidenced by the fact that over a dozen states have begun...

Published: April 15, 2011 For my New Year’s resolution, I determined that I would increase my intake of saturated fat in the form of meat and eggs, and I eliminated grains and processed sugars...

Published: April 1, 2010 All eyes have been on Pope Benedict XVI in the past few weeks as case after case of sexual abuse is unearthed. The Vatican is facing a great deal of pressure from people...

Published: March 4, 2010 For a long time, conservative Catholics complained that bishops didn’t do enough to defend Church teaching. This has started to change recently as a result of the reforms...

Published February 18, 2010 Indulgences have long been a part of Catholic tradition, but there is a great deal of confusion among both Catholics and non-Catholics about their history and what they are....

Published February 4, 2010 At the beginning of last semester, I started attending a Tridentine Latin Mass across town. The Tridentine Mass is the Latin Mass that was developed in 1570 in the wake of...

Published: December 10, 2009 I was relatively young when I was first aware of the efforts of Pope John Paul II to open doors to the Anglican Church, but the fact is that he had begun such...

POINT: Physician-Assisted Suicide is a Slippery Slope Toward a “Right to Die” for People Who Are Not Terminally Ill Helen Lee, Staff Writer Published: November 19, 2009 To say I was alarmed after...

Published: November 5, 2009 After weekly mass attendance, Confession of sins at least once yearly is the second precept of the Catholic Church. The precepts are the basic obligations that the Church...

Published: September 24, 2009 I have always been picky when it comes to guys. I certainly have a “type.” I have an extensive list of preferences, and even though I’m open-minded, it’s the ...

Published: April 30, 2009 About a month ago, I noticed a Facebook status update from my sister-in-law, a recent graduate of Notre Dame. It read, “Kelly Lee is disappointed in Notre Dame. A university...

Published: April 9, 2009 I pride myself on having a wealth of useless knowledge and factoids, most of which I gather by wasting time pouring over Wikipedia pages. Wikipedia is perfect for the...

Published: April 2, 2009 We are a couple of months into Obama’s presidency and Republicans are still on the defensive. Everyone seems to be expecting a reinvention of the Republican Party. If you...

Published: February 26, 2009 I don’t know too many people my age who aren’t having sex. Not only is it a very gratifying activity, but the word “prude” has such a negative connotation...

Published: February 12, 2009 Over half of American Catholics voted for Barack Obama. This is not surprising in and of itself: the Catholic vote usually mirrors the overall results. But in...

Published: January 29, 2009 At the end of December 2008, renewed Israeli-Palestinian violence broke out in the Gaza Strip. Hamas militants launched barrages of morters and rockets into Israel, and the...

Published: December 11, 2008 As reported previously in The Observer, on Oct. 29 Fordham Law School awarded the Fordham-Stein Ethics Award to Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Many prominent Catholic...

Published: November 20, 2008 During his presidency, George W. Bush has received the lowest approval ratings of any United States president since this polling began nearly half a century ago....

Published: November 13, 2008 I voted for John McCain. In case you are wondering how upset I am, I’ll live. I was disappointed, but time flies. I sure am worried, though. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t...

Published: November 13, 2008 In fall of 2005 my dance teacher, friend and mentor, Darlene Wilson, was diagnosed with lung cancer. She had never smoked. Darlene had just purchased a dance studio in Newburgh,...

Published: October 16, 2008 What did Sir Winston Churchill say? “If you’re not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative at 40, you have no head!” Well, I’ve never been...

Published: April 3, 2008 For someone professing to be running primarily on experience, Hillary Clinton and her campaign seem to be forced to rely heavily on the base fears of the American...

America, You Got Your Mama’s Style, But You’re Yesterday’s Child To Me By Helen Lee, Staff Writer The best thing about America’s 200 year history of rabid nativism is that when I hear about...