Morning Briefing

US bishops' agency denied federal grant to help trafficking victims

Catholics War on Perry

Deaf Catholics prepare for new missal, Web training resources offer starting point for implementing Mass changes in American Sign Language

Peoria Catholic Charities withdraws from state social service contracts

Montreal conference to probe abuse in Catholic Church

Santorum Not Familiar with Catholic Teaching About the Poor

Iraq: US Catholic bishops visit tomb of martyred priests

The House of Representatives will take up H.R. 358 —The Protect Life Act—this week. The bill would permit federally funded hospitals to refuse abortion services even to women who would likely die without the procedure.

Winnipeg's Catholic educational hierarchy has cancelled Christ the King School's plan to get elementary students and parents walking anti-abortion vigils outside the Health Sciences Centre.

Occupy Wall Street comes to Palo Alto