Archive for October 29, 2007
Statistician refutes Planned Parenthood report
In a report issued on October 11, 2007 by the Guttmacher Institute (the research arm of Planned Parenthood) and the... Read more
Pope writes to new director of L’Osservatore Romano
Benedict XVI has written a letter to Giovanni Maria Vian for the occasion of his appointment as director of "L'Osservatore... Read more
Ecuador: new constitution and religious freedom
Today in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received the Letters of Credence of Fausto Cordovez Chiriboga, the new ambassador of the... Read more
Pope Benedict challenges pharmacists to refuse to dispense abortion pill
An international gathering of Catholic pharmacists was received by Pope Benedict today at the Vatican. In his talk with them,... Read more
Rio de Janeiro governor promotes legalization of abortion to reduce number of criminals
The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral, has proposed legalizing abortion as means for reducing the number of criminals... Read more
Love letter from prison proof of martyrdom of Spanish youth
Bartolome Blanco Marquez is one of the youngest of the group of 498 martyrs beatified by Pope Benedict XVI this... Read more
Priest with secret marriage pleas guilty to half-million-dollar embezzlement
A retired Roman Catholic priest faces forty years in jail for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from two rural... Read more
Future cardinals thank Holy Father for remembering Africa
Archbishops Theodore Adrien Sarr of Dakar (Senegal) and John Njue of Nairobi (Kenya) thanked Pope Benedict XVI for naming them... Read more
Woman faces execution for murdering mother, kidnapping unborn child
A Jury on Friday recommended the death penalty in the case of a woman who killed an expectant mother and... Read more
New archbishop installed in Russia
Archbishop Paolo Pezzi took office in Moscow on Saturday as head of the Catholic diocese of European Russia, Itar-tass reports. Read more
Church in Brazil reiterates desire to host WYD
The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil has reiterated its desire to host the next World Youth Day after Sydney... Read more
Brazil urgently needs political reform, says head of bishops’ conference
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Brazil, Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, said this week the country is passing through... Read more
Consistory for creating new cardinals scheduled
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff officially announced today the schedule for the consistory at which Pope... Read more
498 Spanish Civil War martyrs beatified
Nearly five hundred victims of religious persecution before and during the Spanish Civil War were beatified Sunday, making it the... Read more
