Archive for October 7, 2012

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone celebrated mass to welcome the new carmelite nuns on Sept. 21, 2012 ?w=200&h=150

Carmelites welcomed at St. Monica

About 800 people — a congregation reminiscent of Christmas and Easter — filled St. Monica Church in Moraga to celebrate... Read more

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Pharmacists' patron St. John Leonardi celebrated Oct. 9

On Oct. 9, the Catholic Church honors the memory of Saint John Leonardi, who studied to become a pharmacist but... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (Center) listens during an Helsinki Commission hearing on sex trafficking and abuse of children, October 4, 2012.?w=200&h=150

By Michelle La Rosa

Dutch leaders urged to investigate child trafficking case

Witnesses at an Oct. 4 Helsinki Commission briefing called for increased pressure on the Dutch government to look into numerous... Read more

Pope Benedict XVI named St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen Doctors of the Church in an outdoor ceremony before Mass on October 7, 2012. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Benedict creates two new Doctors of the Church

Pope Benedict XVI has named two new Doctors of the Church: the 16th century Spanish priest St. John of Avila... Read more

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Pope opens bishops' synod with universal call to holiness

Pope Benedict XVI has formally opened the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization with a “universal call to holiness”... Read more