Archive for April 9, 2007

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Cardinal Rigali urges Senate to reject stem cell legislation

Cardinal Justin Rigali has urged U.S. senators to reject legislation (S. 5), which would allow federal funding for stem cell... Read more

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Bishops’ Easter messaged warns of mass uprising if Mugabe remains in power

Zimbabwe’s nine Roman Catholic bishops issued a pastoral letter on Easter Sunday that calls on President Robert Mugabe to end... Read more

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Cardinal George released from hospital after fall

Cardinal Francis George was released from the hospital on Easter Sunday, one day after slipping on the marble church floor... Read more

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Catholic League defends Cardinal Mahoney’s right to speak on moral issues

Catholic League president Bill Donohue has come to the defense of Cardinal Roger Mahony, after the Cardinal was criticized in... Read more

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Holy See confirms, Pope sent letter to Iran asking for release of detained British soldiers

The director of the Holy See’s Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, confirmed on Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI sent a... Read more

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Priest killed in Philippines was willing to give his life for the Gospel

Father Fransiskus Madhu, a missionary of the Society of the Divine Word who was killed in April 1st in the... Read more

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Bishop calls on Venezuelans to come together in unity

Bishop Emeritus Ramon Ovidio Perez Morales of Los Teques has called on Venezuelans to seek unity and fraternity, saying the... Read more

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Beijing to receive advance copy of letter from Benedict XVI to Chinese Catholics

The South China Morning Post reported this Saturday that the Beijing government will receive a copy of Pope Benedict XVI’s... Read more

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We must spread the news of Christ’s resurrection to the world without fear, Pope says

Today, at midday, Pope Benedict XVI marked Easter Monday with the praying of the Regina Coeli, the Marian prayer which... Read more