Archive for February 21, 2006

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Benedict XVI names 15 new Cardinals

After the general audience today, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Benedict XVI announced the names of 15 prelates... Read more

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USAID funding for Peruvian feminists to be cut off over support for morning after pill

The US Agency for International Development announced this week it will cut of economic assistance to the feminist group “Manuela... Read more

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Bishop calls new Spanish law on reproduction “monstrosity”

Bishop Jose Manuel Lorca Planes of Teruel, Spain has joined a chorus of critics condemning a new law on assisted... Read more

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Mexican bishop warns Catholics against deceptive cults

Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago of Leon, Mexico, is warning Catholics against the tactics of certain cult groups that claim... Read more

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Salvadoran archbishop says failure to vote “sin of omission”

Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador, El Salvador, reminded Catholics this week that failure to vote is a sin... Read more

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Thomas More Law Center asks court to rehear case on Nativity ban

The Thomas More Law Center has petitioned the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to rehear a... Read more

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U.S. bishops congratulate Haitian people and President-elect Préval

The U.S. Catholic bishops congratulated the Haitian people and president-elect, René Préval, on the success of their recent elections and... Read more

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Chicago missions encourage evangelization, faith growth

The Archdiocese of Chicago has launched a new mission that it hopes will bring about an evangelical revival among Catholics.  Read more

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Supreme Court agrees to review partial birth abortion ban

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Bush administration’s appeal of a ruling in Gonzales v. Carhart, 05-... Read more

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Pope Benedict XVI Names Archbishop Seán O'Malley To The College Of Cardinals

 His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, announced today at the Vatican that Archbishop Seán P. O'Malley, O.F.M., Cap. has been named... Read more

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Pope Benedict: Chair of Peter is privileged sign of God’s love, created to lead Church to unity, salvation

In his weekly Wednesday audience, held earlier today at the Vatican, Pope Benedict used the occasion of today’s Feast of... Read more

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Holy Father commends, encourages ‘treasured’ study of Latin

Following his Wednesday audience, held earlier today at the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, Pope Benedict XVI called for a renewal... Read more

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Experts wonder: why no mention of Shroud of Turin in NBC Olympic coverage

A sports writer for the USA Today newspaper is wondering; why has broadcast network NBC neglected any mention of the... Read more