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CUA law professor Mark Rienzi demonstrates that a culture that celebrates abortion as a constitutional right has led to an increase in the murder rates among babies less than a year old.

The Catholic University of America has received a $4 million gift for its nursing school to fund scholarships for students pursuing nursing jobs in the Washington area.

Five U.S. Catholic cardinals and 650 guests gathered in Washington, D.C. on Friday for the 24th American Cardinals Dinner. They raised nearly $1.7 million in scholarships for The Catholic University of America.

In a new article in Touchstone Magazine, Catholic University of America President John Garvey works out the arguments against Catholic commencement speakers and honorees who oppose Catholic teachings on key moral issues like abortion.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI spoke repeatedly about the nature and purpose of education during his pontificate.  Following the Holy Father's resignation last month, the Church was left with a voluminous amount of speeches and writings on the topics of culture and education.

Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., recently hosted the "Peacebuilding 2013: Pacem in Terris at 50" conference which examined a range of issues and the Church's teachings about peace.

On Thursday, April 11, President Obama posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to Father Emil Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain and alumnus of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

On April 10, The Catholic University of America is adopting a Community Pledge to create a culture of light and love on its campus. All incoming students will be given the pledge and invited to sign it.

Five Newman Guide universities made Kiplinger Personal Finance Magazine's Top 100 Private College list as "best values."

Students and faculty from Catholic universities react to the election of Pope Francis as picture emerges of who the man is.

In response to Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, several Catholic university presidents participated in an exclusive Cardinal Newman Society symposium examining the Holy Father's legacy on Catholic higher education.

In light of Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming resignation, and the conclave, The Catholic University of America has been receiving a great deal of media attention.

The Catholic University of America president John Garvey and University of Dallas historian Susan Hanssen reflect on Pope Benedict XVI's role in strengthening Catholic higher education.

Catholic university presidents and faculty reacted with surprise and admiration towards Monday's news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation. Others took the opportunity to attack his legacy.

Professor John M. Rist, the Chair of the philosophy department at the Catholic University of America will give the Third Annual Aquinas Lecture today at Ave Maria University.

Another challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services contraceptive mandate has been dismissed by a federal judge who decided that it’s too early to hear the lawsuit

EWTN will reportedly be televising the annual Mass in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas at The Catholic University of America (CUA) in association with the Dominican House of Studies and the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA).

This week’s 40th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade ruling is marked by the participation tomorrow of several faithful Catholic colleges and universities in the Washington, D.C., March for Life.

The Catholic University of America announced today the creation of a new School of Business and Economics based on Catholic social doctrine and the natural law.

“It is with deep humility and gratitude that I received the news that the Holy Father is entrusting me with this service to the Church,” Fr. Oliver told CNA/EWTN News. “Receiving this assignment during the Year of Faith is inspirational and it is challenging.”

“You can’t pick and choose in Catholic moral teaching” said John Rist, a philosopher and professor at The Catholic University of America in an interview with Vatican Voices. To do so, he added, “is just cowardly.”

Following this month’s announcement that The Catholic University of America haddeclined to formally recognize a homosexual student organization on campus, CUA spokesperson Victor Nakas explained the decision as upholding the University’s Catholic mission

Over 500 students at The Catholic University of America have signed a petition to have Starbucks removed from the campus, citing the coffee giant’s financial support of Planned Parenthood and its efforts to overturn traditional marriage.

Fr. Peter Daly, pastor of St. John Vianney parish in Prince Frederick, Md., knows just how to find a sympathetic audience when one wants to protest a decision upholding Catholic morality and identity in the Church.

In the same week that the University of Notre Dame approved of a gay student organization, The Catholic University of America denied official recognition to a gay student organization on campus, reportedly citing a concern that it could become an “advocacy group.”

The Catholic University of America and the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will celebrate the annual Christmas Concert for Charity on Friday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law has hired a new dean. The National Law Journal is reporting that Daniel Attridge, managing partner of Kirkland & Ellis’ Washington office, will take over in July 2013 from acting dean, George Garvey.

Many Catholic colleges and universities are taking part in the “Year of Faith” proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, with spiritual and academic activities aimed at strengthening faith on campus, according to a new report published by The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS).

The Archbishop of Manila, who this week was named a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, earned his doctorate at The Catholic University of America.  Cardinal-designate Luis Tagle, 55, of Manila, Philippines, was the youngest of six cardinals announced this week by Pope Benedict XVI.

The Cardinal Newman Society today released the 2012-2013 edition of The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College with significant new features, as well as a new companion magazine for Catholic high school students and their parents titled My Future, My Faith.

Speaking at Georgetown University as the keynote speaker for the Catholic Perspectives on Religious Freedom Conference, Cardinal Donald Wuerl recommended Dignitatis Humanae, the Second Vatican Council’s “Declaration on Religious Freedom,” as a guide to defending the “first freedom,” according to The National Catholic Register.

The  Students for Life at The Catholic University of America hosted the president of Feminists for Life last week, according to the campus newspaper. Serrin M. Foster delivered a lecture called “The Feminist Case Against Abortion” to a packed house in the Karl F. Herzfeld Auditorium in Hannan Hall.

Religious liberty experts at a conference at The Catholic University of America reminded us that what Americans are experiencing with threats to the First Amendment is only a taste of the religious persecution that continues abroad.

Last year, there was a media firestorm about a complaint filed by a George Washington University Professor against The  Catholic University of America alleging discrimination of Muslims at the Catholic college. The complaint stated that crosses and other Christian symbols were offensive to Muslims.

A U.S. District Court dismissed Belmont Abbey College’s lawsuit against the department of Health and Human Service over the contraceptive mandate.

American evangelicals and Catholics have not always been the best of friends, writes John Garvey, the president of The Catholic University of America, and Wheaton College President Dr. Philip Ryken in a joint editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal. But in recent years...

Appears to conflict with the CUA speakers policy issued last September

Celebrating 20th anniversary of John Paul II's Mulieris Dignitatem

Newman Guide colleges with Adoration mentioned

No candidates may speak on campus during an election season.

The Benemerenti Medal was instituted by Pope Gregory XVI in 1832.

Fr. O'Connell: "The unity of reason, faith and service must be very evident here."

From July 29 through October 19, 2008 The Catholic University of America is commemorating Pope Benedict XVI’s historic April 17 visit to the Washington, DC campus with a Papal Exhibit.

A professor at The Catholic University of America (CUA) with a history of undermining the Catholic Church’s opposition to contraception has again spoken out publicly in an interview with Canada’s National Post, as disclosed by LifeSite News.

Catholic University of America Becomes Part of International Papal Prayer Session

Reports earlier this month indicated that pro-abortion Catholic Senator John Kerry was invited and scheduled to speak at Catholic University.

Catholic universities must “attract to our campuses not only those who are the ‘best in their fields’ but also ‘the best in their faith,’”