Europe News
IVF treats embryos as expendable, bioethicist says, reacting to British story
Two years ago, a British couple using in vitro fertilization discovered that their frozen embryo was accidently implanted in another... Read more
Italian newspaper reveals details behind Hitler’s plan to kill Pius XII
The Italian bishops’ newspaper Avvenire published an article on Tuesday revealing the details behind Hitler’s plan to kidnap or kill... Read more
Parents of sextuplets rejected doctors’ advice to abort
A mother of sextuplets in Northern Ireland says that she and her husband rejected doctors’ advice to abort several of... Read more
Crisis of values underlies economic and family crises, says Spanish bishop
Bishop Jesus Garcia Burillo of Avila, Spain said recently that the current economic crisis has revealed another face of poverty--the... Read more
Catholic bishops say U.K. equality bill fails to treat Christians equally
Catholic bishops in Britain have voiced “significant concerns” about a proposed Equality Bill, saying it treats the rights of religious... Read more
Doctors in Madrid reject abortion without parental consent
The Madrid College of Doctors has expressed its rejection of the government’s proposed reform of abortion laws, saying, parents “must... Read more
Testimony of Catholic paraplegic helped prevent four suicides
Mari Carmen Dominguez, mother of Olga Bejano, the most famous paraplegic woman in Spain who died last December, said this... Read more
Catholic mom's son fostered by homosexual couple against her wishes
A Catholic mother in Britain who is unable to care for her son has objected to him being placed in... Read more
Pope Benedict ‘visibly upset’ by abuse report, Irish prelates say
Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin on Monday reported that Pope Benedict XVI was “visibly upset” by the details of a... Read more
Cardinal Bertone encourages teaching youth according to example of John Bosco
As the 200th anniversary of St. John Bosco approaches, the Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, is underscoring the... Read more
Spanish feminists want girls to be able to have abortions without parental consent
The State Coordinator of Feminist Organizations in Spain said this week that since 13-year-old girls can legally engage in sexual... Read more
Spanish media reports government considering suppression of religious symbols
Publico, a newspaper closely allied with Spain's ruling Socialist party, reported this week that the government is studying the idea... Read more
Massive pro-life demonstration being organized in Spain
More than 40 civic organizations have joined together to organize a massive pro-life demonstration in support of pregnant women and... Read more
Vatican official pleads with countries to protect children from economic crisis
The president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, is calling for a “common code of ethics”... Read more
Former Spanish president slams 'right to abortion'
The former president of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar, has criticized the government’s proposal to overhaul the laws on abortion saying,... Read more
Cardinal Rouco warns doctors cannot be forced to perform abortions
Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela of Madrid warned the government of Spain this week it cannot force doctors to perform... Read more
Tribunal rules Catholic agencies broke law, must allow homosexual adoptions
In a decision that may end decades of Catholic adoption services, a British Charity Tribunal has ruled that Catholic adoption... Read more
Holy Spirit helps to overcome frontiers, archbishop tells immigrants
Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra of Valencia, Spain said this week during the closing of a congress for immigrant families that... Read more
Spanish archbishop warns democracy without values becomes dictatorship
Archbishop Francisco Javier Martinez of Granada, Spain has called for the recovery of morals in society and warned that “a... Read more
Pope Benedict sends condolences to relatives of Air France flight victims
Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his condolences to the relatives of the Air France flight which disappeared over the Atlantic... Read more
