Archive for June 6, 2006
Volunteers for World Meeting of Families include 84 year-old woman
The AVAN news agency is reporting that an 84 year-old widow and mother of two is the oldest volunteer for... Read more
Spanish television channel publicizing boycott of the Pope demands rights to broadcast papal visit
Organizers of next July’s World Meeting of Families, which will be attended by Pope Benedict XVI, have expressed dismay over... Read more
World conference in Rome to address stem cell use in therapeutic research
The International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations and the Pontifical Academy for Life will hold a World Meeting on the... Read more
US bishops support congressional resolutions denouncing Chinese ordinations
Bishop Thomas Wenski has urged the Bush Administration to communicate to Chinese authorities the impact the unauthorized ordination of two... Read more
Catechists trained to use computer-based faith-education program
A new computer-based faith-education program for children unlocks a different Gospel story each month - linking Sunday Mass readings to... Read more
Don’t expect endorsement of the Church, Nicaraguan archbishop tells political candidates
Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes of Managua has asked the country’s presidential candidates to refrain from pressuring the Church for an endorsement... Read more
Court decision allowing Muslim course in public schools is ‘double standard’
The Thomas More Law Center has requested the United States Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’... Read more
Pope speaks on the Primacy of Peter
Pope Benedict spoke today on the foundation of the Catholic Church upon the rock represented by St. Peter the Apostle,... Read more
Simple majority not enough to pass marriage amendment
The Senate today, voted to reject a proposed amendment to the US Constitution which would ban gay "marriage". Read more
