Archive for April 15, 2004
After hectic Holy Week, Pope goes on mountain excursion
The Vatican Press office announced on Friday, that owing to the strenuous liturgical ceremonies of Holy Week and Easter, Pope... Read more
Ignorance of ancient languages threatens historical studies, Pontifical Council says
The Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences, founded in 1954 by Pope Pius XII, realeased a statement on the occasion of... Read more
Catholics must be coherent in faith and politics: Archbishop Chaput
Catholics must be coherent in their political choices and vote for political leaders whose platforms are in line with their... Read more
Catholic hospitals weigh Pope’s teaching on treatment for patients in a vegetative state
Catholic hospitals in the United States are deliberating whether to uphold Pope John Paul II’s latest teaching on treatment offered... Read more
Record $11.9 million in grants for poor U.S. dioceses
The Catholic Home Missions Appeal will award a record $11.9 million in grants this year to the poorest dioceses in... Read more
Sen. Kerry meets Washington archbishop
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry met with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, for the first time yesterday. Read more
Colombia to include abortion pills in “family planning” programs
The debate over the morning after pill has reached Colombia where, as in Peru and Chile, anti-life groups—with the support... Read more
Iraqi Catholics call on Arab Muslim countries to condemn terrorism
Fr. Nizar Semann, an Iraqi priest from the region of Mossul, told the Fides News Agency that the time has... Read more
