Archive for October 12, 2006

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Injured priest says Cardinal Keeler back, speaks of “ferocious impact”

Monsignor Thomas Smith, one of the life-long friends who was with Baltimore’s Cardinal William Keeler when their car was struck... Read more

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Pope encourages countrymen of excommunicated archbishop to fidelity and holiness

Meeting this morning with bishops from Zambia, the homeland of excommunicated archbishop, Emmanuel Milingo, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the bishops... Read more

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Iraqi priest’s beheading linked with Pope’s comments re Islam, says family

Relatives of an Orthodox priest in Iraq, who was kidnapped and found beheaded three days later, said Thursday that his... Read more

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Bishop calling for peace in advance of commission report

A bishop in East Timor has called for calm in anticipation of the release of the findings of a commission... Read more

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Catholic leaders, development experts to explore solutions to global poverty

Catholic leaders, international development experts and grassroots advocates will gather in San Francisco this month to discuss strategies for alleviating... Read more

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Venezuelan archbishop skeptical of Chavez, but hopes for authentic conversion

The vice president of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop Roberto Luckert Leon of Coro said yesterday he hoped President... Read more

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Thousands participate in devotions to Our Lady of the Pilar in Spain

Thousands of Catholics yesterday participated in the traditional offering of flowers to Our Lady of the Pilar, Spain’s patroness, whose... Read more

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Argentinean archbishop speaks out for prisoners, demands justice and end to delays

Commenting on hunger strikes taking place in several Buenos Aires prisons, Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata said the constant... Read more

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American youth play role in canonization of Mother Guerin

As of next week, Blessed Theodore Guerin High School in Noblesville, Indiana, will officially change its name to Saint Theodore... Read more

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Ukrainian Catholic seminarians and priests evangelizing soldiers

Fr. Bohdan Prach, rector of Holy Spirit Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, said his seminarians have had great success in their... Read more