Archive for April 19, 2006

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Court says Notre Dame may have to pay back education grant used for religious training

The University of Notre Dame could be required to pay back a government grant used to train teachers in Catholic... Read more

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Controversy erupts after Catholic, Protestant clerics concelebrate Easter mass

Controversy in Ireland continues after a Protestant clergyman marked the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916 and the... Read more

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USCCB receives major grant to support human trafficking victims

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has received a major five-year government contract award to provide comprehensive support services... Read more

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Audit shows Boston Archdiocese is $46M in red, ministries at risk

The Archdiocese of Boston released a two-year audit Wednesday that showed it running a $46.3-million deficit, largely caused by the... Read more

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Dominican Republic cardinal decries proposal to legalize death penalty

As the Dominican Republic’s national congress continues its debate on a proposal to reform the country’s penal code and allow... Read more

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Cardinal Sterzinsky says Benedict XVI’s pontificate contributing to rehabilitation of Germany

As the Church celebrated the first anniversary of Benedict XVI’s election to the papacy Wednesday, Cardinal Georg Sterzinsky of Berlin... Read more

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Spanish cardinal: Cathedrals should be special places of Christian activity

The Archbishop of Toledo, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, said this week that Spain’s cathedrals should be special places of Christian formation... Read more

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Open conversion to Christianity still not possible in Egypt

A report by the EFE news agency states that despite the Egyptian government’s recent decision to allow missionaries of “all... Read more

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Knights of Columbus rededicate support to Pope Benedict on first anniversary

In celebration of the one year anniversary of Benedict XVI’s election to Pope last spring, the world’s 1.7 million Knights... Read more

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Pope appoints Santo Domingo Cardinal to represent him at St. Toribio celebration

The Vatican has announced that Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopex Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic will... Read more

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Vatican officials announce plans to celebrate 500th anniversary of St. Peter’s Basilica

As the Church begins its celebrations for the 500th birthday of the largest church in the Christian world, Vatican officials... Read more

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Italian Catholic writer analyses Benedict XVI style on first anniversary.

As Pope Benedict celebrates a year of pontificate, Italian Catholic writer Vittorio Messori made a thorough depiction of what he... Read more

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Life doesn't start at conception, but after says Cardinal Martini in dialogue with bio-ethicist

Italian Vatican analyst Sandro Magister is releasing a long dialogue Cardinal  Martini sustained with Ignazio Marino, famous Italian bio-ethicist, and... Read more