Archive for November 14, 2008

Archbishop of Baghdad Jean Sleiman?w=200&h=150

Amid Mosul violence, Iraqi archbishop asks Obama to protect Christians

The Latin-rite Archbishop of Baghdad Jean Sleiman has called on President-elect Barack Obama to make the protection of religious minorities... Read more

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U.S. bishops approve new Proper of Seasons translation

On Tuesday the U.S. bishops approved the ICEL Gray Book Translation of the Proper of Seasons at their General Assembly... Read more

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Rep. Maloney: Obama to resume funding of U.N. program implicated in forced abortions

Supporters of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are confident that President-elect Barack Obama will reverse the Bush administration’s 2002... Read more

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Pro-life triumph in Uruguay: President Vasquez vetoes law legalizing abortion

President Tabare Vasquez of Uruguay has vetoed a controversial law on sexual and reproductive health that legalized abortion and had... Read more

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Global crisis causing delay in release of new social encyclical

Although Cardinal Renato Martino previously said that the social encyclical Pope Benedict XVI has been writing would be published in December, major changes... Read more

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Supreme Court authorizes euthanasia for Italian 'Terri Schiavo'

After a prolonged legal battle, the Supreme Court of Italy has ruled food and hydration can be removed from Eluana... Read more

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Diocese rebukes priest’s claims that Obama voters must confess

The Diocese of Charleston is distancing itself from the actions of a Catholic priest in Greenville, South Carolina, who made... Read more

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Get rid of your 'false hang-ups' and be disciples of Christ, cardinal says

The president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Cardinal Stanyslaw Rylko, said this week, “The time has come to... Read more

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Catholics in Alliance voter survey of ‘little value,’ Archdiocese of Denver says

A consortium of left-wing Christian organizations has released a report on the reasons voters gave for how they cast their... Read more