Blog entries

Catholic Latino leaders set ambitious goals for future

CALL — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:21:03 +0100

Allenspark, Colo., Jul 25, 2010 / 02:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Members of the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (CALL) gathered this weekend at St. Malo Retreat and Conference Center near Denver, Colo. to evaluate their first four years of existence and set new, ambitious goals for their future growth.

CALL was founded in Denver in 2006, under tRead More...

US News & World Report Mentions Catholic Association of Latino Leaders

CALL — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:30:10 +0100

US News.com mentions our call on Senator Reid to apologize for statement made in December:

"Of equal concern to Reid are the Latino voters in his state. They make up 13 percent of Nevada's population, and last year they were 15 percent of the voters there. Reid is expected to pursue legislation in the months to come, regardless of whether it has a realistic chance of passing. But he angered the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders in December when he compared opponents of healthcare Read More...

Catholic Bishops Urge Participation in 2010 Census

CALL — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:38:42 +0100

From the USCCB Website

Communities of color, immigrant communities traditionally undercounted
Census numbers key to determine allocation of public funding

Catholic Bishops Urge Participation in 2010 Census

WASHINGTON—Through the Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to encourage participation in the Census 2010, in Read More...

New Milwaukee Archbishop Listecki Speaks Out On Contraception

CALL — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:25:19 +0100

The newly appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee, Jerome Listecki, has not wasted anytime calling out so-called Catholic organizations that openly deny settled Church doctrines such as contraception. Speaking specifically about an anti-life organization currently running advertisements in Wisconsin called "Young Catholics for Choice" the archbishop said,

Effort To Encourage More Hispanics To Attend Catholic Schools

CALL — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:49:54 +0100

A national task force commissioned by the University of Notre Dame launched a campaign Dec. 12 that seeks to enroll 1 million Hispanic students in Catholic schools by 2020.

You can read the full story here "Campaign to Increase Hispanic Catholic Schools"

Are Nuns an Equal Branch of the Magisterium?

CALL — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Today, Saturday, March 20, 2010, the biggest issue facing America is the looming healthcare reform legislation that is to be voted on (ironically) tomorrow during Mass. Many in the Media have made a point to suggest that the Catholic Church is "divided" in it's support of the current healthcare bill being promotedRead More...

Catholic Bishops and White House at Odds on Health Care and Abortion

C.A.L.L. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:23:27 +0100

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Read the full story here

Vatican responds to European court

C.A.L.L. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:04:35 +0100

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italian schools should remove crucifixes from classroom walls. Original Story can be read here: Vatican Responds to European Court

Archbishop Dolan and the New York Times

C.A.L.L. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:10:46 +0100

An interesting exchange has began between Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York and Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. You can read the Archbishop's response at the New York Archdiocese blog.