May 06 Bethlehem Church Standoff Nears End Negotiators are reportedly close to a deal that would end the five-week standoff between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Continue reading
May 01 Watch Kevin Fitzgerald and the Cloning Debate Is cloning playing God? Kevin FitzGerald, the Dr. David P. Lawler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics and a research associate professor in the Department of Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center, tackles that question in an interview with the… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Meeting of the Cardinals Two U.S. cardinals at the Vatican conference in Rome discuss new measures to stop sexual abuse by priests. Continue watching
Apr 23 Pope Strongly Condemns Priest Child Abuse In an unprecedented emergency meeting with American Catholic leaders, Pope John Paul II on Tuesday said there is no place for the sin and crime of pedophilia in the church, adding that the priesthood is no place "for those that… Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Meeting at the Vatican Two experts analyze how Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Church will respond to the problem of sexual abuse by priests. Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch Background: Church in Crisis Kwame Holman reports on the opening of the unprecedented meetings in Rome between the pope and U.S. cardinals regarding Catholic priests and the sexual abuse scandal. Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch Christian Perspectives on the Middle East Crisis Ray Suarez gets two Christian perspectives on the Middle East crisis. First, Right Reverend Riah Abu El-Assal, the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, outlines the pro-Palestinian point of view. Then, Suarez discusses the pro-Israeli side with Dr. Albert Mohler, president of… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Keeping the Faith: The Catholic Church A discussion among Catholics in Oakland, California about the growing sex scandal in the Catholic church. Continue watching
Apr 15 Pope Summons U.S. Cardinals to Rome Pope John Paul II has summoned American cardinals to the Vatican for a meeting next week to discuss the recent sex scandals that have rocked Catholic churches in the U.S. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch The Boston Globe: Challenging the Catholic Church A look at The Boston Globe, the newspaper that first uncovered extensive sexual abuse cover-ups in the city's Catholic Church. Continue watching