Archive for March 27, 2008

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Houston church vandalized twice during Holy Week

During Holy Week a Catholic church in Houston was targeted by iconoclastic vandals who in separate incidents damaged two statues... Read more

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Catholic vote could make or break McCain, says Reagan Catholic liaison

Supporters of all major party candidates for the United States presidency are angling to discover how to best appeal to... Read more

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Young need lessons in morality

Religious educators attending a workshop entitled “Teaching Morality to Adolescents” at the 41st Annual Diocesan Religious Education Workshop Day held... Read more

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Holy See hopes to raise John Paul II to the altars “as soon as possible”

In an interview with Vatican Radio, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints,... Read more

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Muslim medical consortium fully supports Catholic fight against U.K. embryology bill

The chorus of Catholic voices speaking out against the proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in the U.K. is being... Read more

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Peru, Argentina and Ecuador mark Day of the Unborn Child

Although it was not an official holiday, thousands of people in Peru, Argentina and Ecuador celebrated the Day of the... Read more

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Muslim convert baptized by the Pope to marry in the Church

The Muslim journalist Magdi Allam, who was received into the Church during the Easter Vigil by Pope Benedict XVI, plans... Read more

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Benedict XVI names deaf priest “Prelate of Honor”

A Cuban priest who works on the Spanish island of Tenerife has been named an honorary Prelate by Pope Benedict... Read more

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Eugenic practices in Spain leading to “extinction” of Down’s syndrome children

The director of Fundacion Vida in Spain, Manuel Cruz, said cases of “Down’s Syndrome have been reduced by half due... Read more

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Two California conferences to mark 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae

The California Catholic Daily reports that the Diocese of San Bernardino and the Diocese of Oakland will host two separate... Read more

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George Weigel discusses implications of Pope’s baptism of Muslim convert

George Weigel, a Catholic scholar and biographer of Pope John Paul II, in a recent interview with National Review Online... Read more

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Saudi monarch proposes monotheistic religious dialogue with “our brothers”

A proposal for religious dialogue presented by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has prompted warm reactions from several Jewish, Christian,... Read more