Europe News
Poor must not be forgotten in financial rescue plans, Caritas entreats
Caritas International has expressed its hope that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s visit with Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday will inspire... Read more
Austrian bishops tend to controversies unsettling their flock
The diocesan bishops of Austria have published a pastoral letter responding to the two controversies roiling the local Church over... Read more
European bishops back proposed EU law on Sunday rest
The secretariat of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community has welcomed a proposed EU law that... Read more
Vatican accepts Austrian Bishop-elect's request to rescind his appointment
According to Austrian news sources, the Vatican on Monday accepted Fr. Gerhard Maria Wagner’s request to rescind his nomination as... Read more
Mother pressured by authorities for pulling her son out of Socialist school course
A mother from the Spanish city of Jaen has shared her experience of being pressured by the local public school... Read more
Spanish bishops express solidarity with Pope in response to recent criticism
The Bishops’ Conference of Spain said on Thursday it had sent a letter of support to Pope Benedict XVI in... Read more
Spanish mom fights to keep young daughter alive in coma for seven years
The Pro-Life Institution of Valencia in Spain reported this week on the dramatic case of a 22 year-old woman who... Read more
Bishop Williamson to ‘review’ evidence for Holocaust
Bishop Richard Williamson of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has given an interview to the German magazine Der... Read more
Education for the Citizenry praises Supreme Court
The organization Professionals for Ethics has denounced the curious praise the CIVES Foundation has offered to the Supreme Court of... Read more
International Federation of Catholic Doctors says Eluana Englaro was killed
The president of the International Federation of Associations of Catholic Doctors, Simon Castellvi, has issued a statement on the case of... Read more
EU recognizes new party dedicated to ‘a culture embracing life’
A leader of Libertas, a new European Union political party dedicated to “individual freedom, democracy, and a culture embracing life”... Read more
Spanish cardinal urges defense of 'three natural rights'
The Apostolic Administrator of Valencia in Spain, Cardinal Agustin Garcia-Gasco, has issued a strong call to Catholics to defend life,... Read more
British foster mother disqualified after Muslim girl’s conversion to Christianity
A British woman who has fostered more than 80 children over ten years has been disqualified from service as a... Read more
Carlos Paya criticizes Spanish left for supporting dictatorship in Cuba
Carlos Paya, the representative in Spain for Cuban dissident group the Christian Liberation Movement, is criticizing the left in that... Read more
Eluana Englaro dies at hospital in Italy
The 38 year-old Italian woman who was in a coma and whose father had waged a battle in the courts... Read more
Neurologist says Eluana Englaro is a healthy woman
In an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, the neurologist of the Englaro family, Carlo Alberto Defanti, who... Read more
Pope Benedict and German Chancellor discuss Holocaust comments
Pope Benedict and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have spoken on the phone to discuss the Vatican’s position on the Holocaust,... Read more
Cardinal Bertone calls Italian president after food is withdrawn from Englaro
The trial of conscience playing out across Italy over the case of Eluana Englaro, drew Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano into... Read more
‘Abortion reduction strategies’ ignore half of the problem, Archbishop Chaput warns
During a trip to Ireland this past weekend, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver delivered a talk to the Irish chapter... Read more
Archbishop Chaput urges Catholics to stand up for Christian values in society
Speaking in Ireland on Saturday, Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput discussed the importance of truth in the public square and... Read more
