New encyclical a reflection on hope

Spe Salvi, the 2nd encyclical letter of Pope Benedict XVI is a profound, tightly reasoned, but very readable meditation on the theological virtue of hope. Following the usual practice, the encyclical takes its title from the first words of the document, a quotation...

Stem cell advance welcome, says League

TORONTO, November 21, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today welcomed the announcement of new techniques in stem cell technology that make it possible to recreate human embryonic cells from the skin and give them the power to become any cell in the human body....