Archive for January 27, 2009

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Number of religious marriages declining in Costa Rica

Official state records in Costa Rica show that of all the weddings registered last year, only 21.08% were celebrated by... Read more

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‘Life Prizes’ award winner urges pro-lifers not be discouraged by a pro-abortion government

Richard Doerflinger, associate director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, on Friday was... Read more

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Christian Liberation Movement says 'other Guantanamo' should not be forgotten

In a statement issued last week, the Christian Liberation Movement, which works for the recognition of human rights in Cuba,... Read more

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Catholic journalists must live as witnesses to Christ, says Holy Father

Benedict XVI has sent a message to participants in the national congress of the Italian Catholic Press Union (UCSI). The... Read more

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Vatican daily clarifies scope and limits of lifting of Lefebvrists’ excommunication

The Vatican’s daily newspaper L’Osservatore Romano published an editorial Monday clarifying the scope and limits of the lifting of the... Read more

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Congress drops $200 million in contraceptive funding from stimulus bill

A $200 million provision for contraception programs is being dropped from the $825 billion stimulus package following criticism from pro-lifers... Read more

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Russian Orthodox elect Metropolitan Kirill as new patriarch

Meeting in Moscow today, the Russian Orthodox Church has elected Metropolitan Kirill as its new patriarch. Patriarch-elect Kirill’s election is... Read more

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Statue of Pope John Paul II unveiled to recall first visit to Mexico

As of January 26, Mexico City has a new monument to Pope John Paul II. A large statue of the... Read more

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SSPX leader apologizes for Bishop Williamson’s Holocaust denial

Today the leader of the Society of St. Pius X, Bishop Bernard Fellay, apologized to Pope Benedict XVI for comments... Read more

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Thousands attend Boulder debate on atheism and religion

Writers Dinesh D’Souza and Christopher Hitchens brought their polemics on religion and atheism to a debate Monday evening at the... Read more

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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took possession of his titular church, St. Onuphrius, in Rome on May 1, 2024.

Cardinal Pizzaballa: Peace in Holy Land built on dialogue, action

The spiritual shepherd of the Church in Singapore is Cardinal William Goh, archbishop since early 2013 and a cardinal since 2022.

Cardinal Goh of Singapore: ‘Deep encounter with Jesus’ is key to passing on the faith

Oviedo Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes accused the government of focusing "in a biased and manipulative way on the problem of pedophilia as something attributable only to the Catholic Church."

Spanish archbishop slams government’s obsession with the Catholic Church

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Florida issues emergency rules to combat Biden abortion ‘misinformation’ 

Fertility rose at the end of the Depression and the end of World War II with the baby boom, to more than 3.5 births for every woman by 1960 — then plummeted immediately thereafter.

What is causing our fertility crisis? Catholic experts weigh in

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Trump polls ahead of Biden among Catholic voters with shift in Hispanic vote

Pope Francis meets with 300 priests taking part in the World Meeting of Parish Priests on May 2, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis tells world’s parish priests: The Church could not go on without you

Father Paul Tatu Mothobi, a member the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (CSS/ Stigmatines) and former Media and Communications Officer of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), was found dead of gunshot wounds in South Africa, on April 27, 2024.

Priest shot dead in South Africa; Catholic bishops there decry ‘pandemic’ of murder

Pope Francis shared a stage with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on May 12, 2023, to speak at a two-day conference on “The General State of the Birth Rate,” held at Conciliazione Auditorium close to the Vatican.

Pope Francis to speak at event on Italy’s record-low birth rate

Thousands of pilgrims come together each year to take part in the annual Walk to Mary, which takes place on the first Saturday of May in Wisconsin. The 21-mile pilgrimage starts at the National Shrine of St. Joseph in De Pere, Wisconsin, and ends at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wisconsin.

Walk to Mary pilgrimage brings thousands to ‘grounds where Mary appeared’

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