Archive for July 31, 2006

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Canadian parliamentarians push for renewed debate on assisted suicide bill

Some Canadian parliamentarians are pushing for a debate in the House of Commons on the legalization of assisted suicide. A... Read more

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Asia Youth Day gathers 800, including from mainland China

About 800 young Catholics from 25 countries and regions, mostly in Asia, have gathered for the Fourth Asian Youth Day... Read more

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Women’s ‘ordinations’ in Pittsburgh invalid, lead to excommunication

Eight women excommunicated themselves from the Roman Catholic Church after presenting themselves yesterday to be ordained priests in a ceremony... Read more

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Cancer tests for Cardinal George come up negative

Cardinal Francis George’s pathology results indicate that there is no evidence of any cancer remaining in his body, announced his... Read more

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Mexico among top 10 donors to the Vatican in 2005

A spokesman for the Mexican Bishops’ Conference has revealed that donations from Catholics in that country have made it the... Read more

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Darwin and Islam on Pope’s summer agenda, says Vatican analyst

In a column to be released this Wednesday, renowned Vatican analyst Sandro Magister of the Italian weekly “L’Espresso” says the... Read more

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Jesuits commemorate 450th anniversary of death of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Jesuit provincial leaders from across Europe gathered at the Basilica of Loyola in Spain to concelebrate a special Mass with... Read more

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Archbishop calls on Salvadorans to sign petition demanding protection of marriage

Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador has asked Salvadorans to support a petition calling on the country’s Congress to... Read more

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Maronite archbishops tends to flock in hills of southern Lebanon

Archbishop Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage, Maronite Catholic Archbishop of Tyr, went into the hills of his war struck archdiocese yesterday, in search... Read more