Archive for October 26, 2007
Our time needs a new evangelization and the witness of new saints, urges Pope Benedict
The academic year began yesterday with Pope Benedict celebrating a Mass for the dozen or so Roman Pontifical Universities. The... Read more
Construction company 'digs in their heels' to build the largest Planned Parenthood abortion facility
On October 24, pro-life activists met with the heads of the Weitz Company to discuss the new Planned Parenthood abortion... Read more
Brownback talks to Giuliani, Catholics for Brownback “outraged”
Senator Sam Brownback, the Kansas Republican who sought the Republican presidential nomination on a socially conservative platform, is considering supporting... Read more
Catholic Charities USA applauds House passage of modified children's health bill
"Catholic Charities USA applauds Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle who came together to craft compromise legislation to... Read more
Pope says: Pray for a "New Pentecost" at Sydney's World Youth Day
Pope Benedict XVI's call for a New Pentecost at World Youth Day was featured in remarks made by Bishop Julian... Read more
Cardinal Tauran: No need to create “United Nations” of religions
The president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, said during an interview with Vatican Radio that... Read more
Chavez is Caribbean version of French “I am the State,” warns Venezuelan archbishop
The vice president of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop Roberto Luckert, has called on the leader of the National... Read more
Three Church of Ireland parishes seek to become Catholic, move could bring in 400,000 Anglicans
Three Church of Ireland parishes have asked to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church, The Irish Catholic... Read more
Feminists don’t speak for women, says Dominican cardinal in blistering reply
Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez of Santo Domingo, responded to criticism by radical feminists this week who accused him... Read more
Vocations DVD wins Hollywood award
Fishers of Men, a DVD created to inspire vocations to the priesthood, has been awarded the Gabriel Award for its... Read more
Muslim group attends Catholic Mass in Malaysian "breakthrough"
A Muslim group's recent visit to a Catholic Church in Malaysia is being called a breakthrough in grassroots interreligious dialogue. Read more
Leading presidential candidate in Argentina will neither support nor prevent legalization of abortion
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who leads the polls in the Argentinean presidential campaign, said this week she is against abortion... Read more
Musicians fulfill dying wish of Cuban composer by finishing his CD
A group of Hispanic Catholic musicians will hold on concert on October 26 in Miami to launch a new CD... Read more
Do not become attracted by a permissive consumer society, Pope Benedict warns people of Gabon
Today the Holy Father received the bishops from the central African country of Gabon as they completed their "ad limina"... Read more
