Archive for December 12, 2008

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University of San Francisco health care plan includes abortion coverage

Since at least fall of 2008, the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco's required health care plan has included "maternity coverage"... Read more

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Petition drive to protest Catholic U.S. Congressmen's $9 million in donations from pro-abortion groups

A San Diego mother of seven who tracks the performance of Catholic politicians has found that many of the 162... Read more

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Pope Benedict discusses importance of witness to the faith

College students from around Rome gathered to hear Pope Benedict speak about St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans on Thursday... Read more

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In a just society we should not be afraid to be faithful Catholics, remarks Benedict XVI

Upon receiving the bishops of the Taiwanese Episcopal Conference this morning as part of their ‘ad limina’ visit, Pope Benedict... Read more

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Pope Benedict offers ethical evaluation of biomedical advances

Today Pope Benedict XVI, through the work of several Vatican congregations, weighed-in on the ethical nature of various fertility treatments,... Read more

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Cardinal Avery Dulles passes away at Fordham

This morning, on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Cardinal Avery Dulles died at the age of 90 at... Read more

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Cardinal Rouco: Not possible to be Christian without rejecting terrorism

The Archbishop of Madrid and president of the Bishops’ Conference of Spain, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, has condemned neutrality... Read more

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University apologizes for student health plan abortion coverage, but questions remain

Following reports that the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco (USF) required students to join a health plan which included coverage... Read more

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Vatican spokesman: Church defends true marriage between man and woman

During a press conference on Thursday to present Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for the World Day of Peace 2009, the... Read more

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New law would make Spain the country with highest number of abortions in EU

The president of the Institute for Family Policy, Eduardo Hertfelder, warned this week that the new law on abortion currently... Read more

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Christmas is about Christ, not gifts, cardinal reminds Catholics

The Archbishop of Guatemala, Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, called on the faithful in that country not to reduce Christmas to... Read more

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Scholars call for gender ideology to be removed from public education in Puerto Rico

The president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Marcelina Velez de Santiago, together with other academic scholars, is... Read more