Archive for December 8, 2008

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Renowned handicapped writer and defender of life dies in Spain

Spanish author Olga Bejano died on December 5 in Spain after a 20 year-long battle with a neuro-muscular disease that... Read more

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Pope: Mary reflects the beauty that saves the world

In celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pope Benedict XVI presided over the angelus prayer today... Read more

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Panamanian congress shelves controversial law against life and the family

Panama’s House of Representatives has decided to suspend discussion on a controversial law on sexual and reproductive education which was... Read more

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Terminally ill patients in Montana have ‘right’ to physician-assisted suicide

Last Friday Montana became the third state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide when a judge ruled that physicians could prescribe life-ending... Read more

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New book by Peruvian founder released at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

The new book “Formacion y Mision” (Formation and Mission) by Luis Fernando Figari, superior general of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae... Read more

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Catholics on trial in Vietnam receive suspended jail time

This morning in Vietnam eight Catholics charged with destroying property and disturbing the public order were found guilty but received... Read more

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Bolivian lawmaker announces plan to tax Masses

The Bolivian media is reporting that after the vote on the country’s new Constitution on January 25, the government of... Read more

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Cardinal Maida speaks up for struggling automotive industry

Cardinal Adam Maida, the Archbishop of Detroit, on December 4 privately met with various religious leaders he had invited to... Read more

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Scottish cardinal leaves helm of agency after gay adoptions imposed

Following the implementation of a U.K. law requiring adoption agencies to serve homosexual couples, Cardinal Keith O’Brien has resigned as... Read more

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Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor criticizes secular intolerance of Catholic beliefs

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster and head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, has penned a newspaper... Read more