Archive for August 29, 2011

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Spanish street to be named after Benedict XVI

The Spanish town of Pilar de la Horadada will name a street after Pope Benedict XVI in gratitude to residents... Read more

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Peruvian writer admits the West needs Catholicism

Mario Vargas Llosa, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, recently wrote that the success of World Youth Day... Read more

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Baltimore’s Archbishop Edwin O’Brien appointed to Vatican post

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of Baltimore as the Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of... Read more

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Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò expected to be next US nuncio

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is set to become the new papal nuncio to the United States, according to Vatican sources... Read more

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Obama-friendly Catholics want contraceptive mandate revised

Several Catholics known for supporting Obama administration policies are opposing the lack of religious conscience protections in rules requiring most... Read more