Archive for September 30, 2011

The late Archbishop Philip M. Hannan?w=200&h=150

By Michelle La Rosa

New Orleans mourns loss of Archbishop Hannan

Retired Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans died in the early morning hours of Sept. 29. The archbishop, age... Read more

Fr. John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame?w=200&h=150

By Marianne Medlin

Notre Dame joins outcry against HHS contraception mandate

The University of Notre Dame added to the wave of criticism leveled at the proposed Health and Human Services mandate... Read more

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Pope praying for terminally ill in October

Pope Benedict XVI is offered his prayers in October for those who are terminally ill and for the success of... Read more

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Spanish political party seeks to revise abortion law

The spokesperson for the congressional caucus of the People’s Party in Spain, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, has said the party... Read more

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Insults against Peruvian cardinal offend the entire Church, says journalist

Peruvian journalist Daniel Brousek published a Sept. 29 article calling the insults leveled against Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani of Lima,... Read more

The Gendarmerie band marches during the Vatican's Sept. 29 ceremony?w=200&h=150

Vatican police force celebrated on Feast of Archangels

The bravery of the Pope’s police force was recognized Sept. 29 at a special ceremony in Rome. The event also... Read more

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Vatican: Pope did not intervene in Mexican Supreme Court decision on abortion

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi has dismissed claims that Pope Benedict XVI intervened in Mexico's recent Supreme Court ruling on... Read more

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput?w=200&h=150

Pennsylvania bishops blast HHS contraception rule as indefensible

The Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania are speaking out against rules that could mandate contraception and sterilization in new health plans,... Read more

Bishop William E. Lori?w=200&h=150

Bishops' new religious freedom chairman sees government playing God

Emerging threats to religious freedom have inspired the U.S. bishops to establish a new committee for its protection. Its chairman... Read more