Archive for February 27, 2007

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Vietnamese police officially announce investigation of Catholic priest

Vietnamese police have moved a high-profile priest to house arrest after accusing him with disseminating propaganda intended to undermine the... Read more

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Church in Scotland may launch legal battle against same-sex adoptions requirements

The Catholic Church in Scotland is threatening to take legal action to block a new UK law which could force... Read more

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Mexican archdiocese denounces manipulation by U.S. association of clerical abuse victims

The Archdiocese of Mexico City has launched a fierce criticism of the organization Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests... Read more

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Archbishop backs FBI involvement in investigation into murder of Salvadoran lawmakers

Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle has called for a thorough investigation into the gruesome murder of three Salvadoran lawmakers and their... Read more

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Priesthood and marriage demand “ordered affectivity,” says seminary rector

The rector of the St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in the Dominican Republic, Father Victor Masalles, said this week both married... Read more

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Spanish cardinal calls on faithful to avoid turning Holy Week into “vacation period

The Archbishop of Toledo, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, warned this week against the “secularization of Holy Week, which has been de-Christianized... Read more

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Ukrainian Catholic Bishop says unity is still a struggle

Bishop Mykola Simkaylo of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi, speaking during his recent visit to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), that the... Read more

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In preparation for upcoming General Synod, Special Council for Africa meets in Rome

The Special Council for Africa of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops met in Rome on February 15... Read more

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Catholic League, "Jesus' Tomb discovery is titanic fraud”

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has released a statement denouncing a new television program which purports to... Read more

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Los Angeles judge asks diocese to put bankruptcy on hold

A Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge who is attempting to work out a settlement between the Roman Catholic Diocese... Read more