Archive for June 26, 2009

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Archdiocese launches ‘Pallium Blog’ for Archbishop Vigneron

The Archdiocese of Detroit has launched a “Pallium Blog” to cover Archbishop Allen Vigneron’s reception of the pallium in Rome.... Read more

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Late-term abortion ban protects ‘weakest, most helpless beings,’ federal court rules

The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 6-5 decision on Wednesday upheld Virginia’s partial-birth abortion ban. In his... Read more

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Canadian bishops clear charity of funding abortion groups in Mexico, Peru still in question

An investigating committee of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has submitted its report clearing a CCCB-run development agency... Read more

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Vatican newspaper comments on popular impact of Michael Jackson's death

"But, will he actually be dead?" asks the headline of L'Osservatore Romano, the day after Michael Jackson died of a... Read more

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Mexican children's group firmly rejects promotion of morning-after pill

The Mexican association Suma Tu Voz (Unite Your Voice) has criticized new government-issued health care booklets that include information on... Read more

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Catholics organizations demand politicians take a stand on life issues, as election nears

In a press release about the Pilgrimage for Peace and Unity, which will take place on June 28 in the... Read more

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Guiding the faithful is not taking the side of any one party, says Mexican cardinal

The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, said the Church does not take sides with any one particular... Read more

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Studying Scripture renews the Church, Denver bishop teaches

Addressing the National Catholic Bible Conference on Friday morning, Auxiliary Bishop of Denver James D. Conley urged Catholics to be... Read more

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Cardinal Montezemolo reflects on closing of Pauline Year

Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls in Rome, held a briefing... Read more