Archive for May 15, 2009
High school cross country clinic to assist runners physically and spiritually
St. Malo Retreat Center near Estes Park, Colorado will host a five-day clinic next month which will challenge high school... Read more
President of Israel says ‘Pope’s entire message is positive’
Commenting on the Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the Holy Land, the president of Israel, Shimon Peres, said on Wednesday:... Read more
Catholic leaders call on Obama to remove ‘virulent anti-Catholic’ from advisory council
A group of twenty Catholic and conservative leaders have written a letter to President Barack Obama protesting the appointment to... Read more
Pro-Obama ‘political operators’ trying to divide Catholics, George Weigel claims
Saying that Notre Dame is acting as if it is not a member of the local Church in its response... Read more
Pope: Unity of Christians key to Jerusalem's vibrant future
On Friday morning, after celebrating Mass in private, Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of... Read more
Jesus is the peace the Holy Land longs for, Pope says
Before he departs for Rome later this afternoon, Pope Benedict made sure to visit Christianity's holiest site—the Church of the... Read more
'Break the vicious circle of violence,' Pope pleads before departing
Pope Benedict made the strongest appeal for peace of his entire trip as he prepared to depart for Rome on... Read more
CNA to report from Notre Dame campus
This weekend, Catholic News Agency will be on Notre Dame campus providing exclusive coverage of protests and events relating to... Read more
Bishop Aquila addresses Obama and Notre Dame on Fox News
Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo, said on national television May 14 that the... Read more
Majority of Americans now describes themselves as pro-life, Gallup Poll says
A new poll for the first time finds that a slight majority of Americans now call themselves "pro-life" regarding abortion.... Read more
Leaders must nurture faith of families, work for unity, exhorts Holy Father
After celebrating Mass in private at the apostolic delegation in Jerusalem, at 9 a.m. today the Holy Father traveled to... Read more
Benedict XVI visits Armenian Apostolic Patriarchate, expresses hope for Christian unity
This morning the Holy Father visited the Armenian Patriarchal Apostolic Church of Jerusalem, where he was greeted by Patriarch Torkom... Read more
Spanish bishops reaffirm that ‘abortion by pill is also a crime’
In response to a decision by the government to allow access to the morning-after pill without a prescription, the Spanish... Read more
Notre Dame seniors prepare for an ‘extraordinary’ commencement
For most college seniors, the weeks leading up to their commencement are filled with light-hearted fun and sentimental good-byes. The... Read more
Catholic protesters arrested at Notre Dame
Arrests of those protesting President Barack Obama’s speech and honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame’s commencement ceremony have... Read more
Archbishop Wuerl calls on Catholic institutions to act in ‘practical solidarity’ with bishops
Encouraging Catholic universities and other institutions to act within the structure of the Church, Archbishop of Washington, D.C. Donald W.... Read more
New Hampshire Gov.’s same-sex ‘marriage’ religious freedom plan applies only ‘in some instances’
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch on Thursday said he will sign a bill to recognize same-sex "marriages" contracted in the... Read more
