Archive for November 7, 2007

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Pope: Learn from St. Jerome “to live in contact and living dialogue" with Scripture

During his general audience this morning, the Holy Father spoke to the 40,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square about... Read more

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Pope expresses sorrow for Portuguese traffic accident

In his address to the Portuguese pilgrims in today's general audience, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his sadness over a recent traffic accident... Read more

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Liturgical year end reminds us that this world isn't our final home

Dante Alighieri wrote "The Divine Comedy" in the early decades of the 14th century. Nearly 700 years later, this epic... Read more

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Brownback to give his seal of approval to McCain

After having weighed all possibilities, Sam Brownback has decided to give his endorsement to Senator John McCain, the Associated Press... Read more

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Human Life International denounces New Jersey law for pharmacists as "tyranny"

The president of Human Life International has decried a New Jersey law effectively forbidding conscientious objections from pharmacists who are... Read more

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Uruguay abortion legalization measure passed, heads for expected veto

The Uruguayan Senate on Tuesday approved a measure to expand access to abortion by a vote of 18-13. President Tavare Vazquez... Read more

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Korean Catholic university opens new bioethics institute

 In what the Archbishop of Seoul called "a sign of the times," the Catholic University of Korea has opened an... Read more

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Yahoo! comes under fire for cooperating in Chinese human rights violations

Executives of the internet company Yahoo! faced harsh criticism in the U.S. House of Representatives for cooperating with the Chinese... Read more

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Man dressed as clown disrupts Mass and destroys baptismal font

On Sunday a man dressed as a clown interrupted Mass at the Church of Corpus Christi in Granada, Spain and... Read more

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Brazil announces production of generic contraceptives

Just days after the governor of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil said abortion should be legalized in order to diminish... Read more

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European bishops’ conferences present pro-family proposal

The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community presented a proposal this week in Brussels to strengthen marriage... Read more

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Chavez should “bite his tongue” and stop attacking the Church, archbishop says

The vice president of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Roberto Luckert said this week President Hugo Chavez’s attacks on the... Read more

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Visitors to Beijing Olympics advised: take no more than one Bible

Last week CNA published a report from the Italian daily “La Gazzetta dello Sport” stating that Bibles will not be... Read more