Archive for March 16, 2006
Paris Mass for life remembers Christian scientist, Jerome Lejeune.
Catholic Officials have announced that a Mass for life will to be celebrated in Paris next month in honor of... Read more
Church stands firm in opposition to immigration reform bill
Catholics, both episcopal leaders and laypeople, continue to voice their opposition to a pending U.S. immigration reform bill, H.R. 4437,... Read more
US bishops affirm support for marriage amendment
The Alliance for Marriage is bolstered by the U.S. bishops’ strong endorsement of the group’s Marriage Protection Amendment, said the... Read more
Catholics can have their corned beef and eat it too; many bishops allow meat on St. Patrick's Day
While the Catholic Church prohibits eating meat on Fridays during Lent, bishops in about one-third of the U.S.'s 197 dioceses... Read more
Issue of gay adoptions not as divisive as gay marriage
The Vatican’s recent reiteration of its position against Catholic organizations facilitating gay adoptions has raised more debate on the issue... Read more
Power of media must be harnessed for good of humanity, says Pope, not self-serving profit
In an address to Catholic thinkers entrenched in the world of social communications, Pope Benedict XVI stressed the need to... Read more
Mutual messages between Pope and Russian Patriarch stress reconciliation, becoming signs of peace, respect to the world
Pope Benedict XVI has told His Holiness Alexis II, patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, that the world today needs... Read more
Pope to hold meeting with Roman Curia to discuss reforms and SSPX schism
According to Vatican sources, Pope Benedict XVI has scheduled an unplanned meeting with the presidents of the different Vatican dicasteries,... Read more
Cuban diocese honors Father Varela
Earlier this month, Bishop Jose Manuel Perez of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, unveiled a new statute in honor of the... Read more
Argentine bishops say memory of dictatorship necessary to build a better democracy
The executive committee of the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina issued a document this week entitled, “Remembering the past in order... Read more
Analyst says Catholic democrats ‘can’t have it both ways’
In light of the recently released, and much debated “Statement of Principles”, signed by a number of U.S. Catholic democratic... Read more
New monthly will provide ongoing information about beatification of John Paul II
The Vicariate of Rome has announced that they will launch a new monthly magazine that will provide ongoing information about... Read more
