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Maltese political candidate excommunicates self over Pope's speech
A Maltese professor and political candidate, citing his outrage at Pope Benedict XVI’s reported comments on the environment and homosexuality,... Read more
More than 1,600 families in Madrid have requested adoption during last two months
The organization Pro-Life Manifesto (Manifiesto por la Vida) in Spain reported this week that during the last two months, more... Read more
E-Cristians launches campaigns to place ads on public buses in Barcelona
In response to the bus ad campaign launched by atheists in the Spanish region of Andalusia, the organization E-Cristians has... Read more
Birth control pill inventor laments demographic ‘catastrophe’
The chemist who made a key discovery leading to the invention of the birth control pill has written a commentary... Read more
Socialists in Canary Islands want funds allotted for the Church to go to Masons
The newspaper “El Dia” of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Canarian Islands revealed this Thursday that Socialists there, led by... Read more
Atheism ads on buses spread from London to Spain
A campaign promoting atheism through ads on public buses in London has spread to the Spanish cities of Barcelona and... Read more
Judge attacked by homosexual lobby garners massive support in Spain
Various pro-life and pro-family organizations in Spain have banded together to form a support group for Judge Ferrin Calamita, who... Read more
Spain: Bishops willing to 'take to the streets' in support of human life
The spokesman for the Bishops’ Conference of Spain, Bishop Juan Antonio Martinez Camino, said this week the bishops of that... Read more
Survival of premature baby of 23 weeks calls UK abortion laws into question
A premature baby born in Britain 23 weeks into pregnancy has been allowed to return home six months after her... Read more
International Symposium to be held on renowned American Catholic writer
“Reason, Fiction and Faith” is the title of an International Symposium on the American Catholic author Flannery O’Connor that will... Read more
Medical Association points out prophetic nature of Humanae Vitae
The president of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, Dr. Jose Maria Simon Castellvi, has outlined a series of... Read more
Handicapped call for end to abortion of handicapped babies
The president of the Spanish Commission of Representatives of Handicapped Persons, Luis Cayo, has called for a reform of the... Read more
HIV being spread mainly through homosexual relations in Spain
The Anti-AIDS Independent Committee in Spain has called for behavioral changes among homosexuals in order to reduce the spread of... Read more
Complaint filed after Slovakia police hinder pro-life protest
The Center for Bioethical Reform in Slovakia has filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic alleging... Read more
Catholic and Orthodox leaders unite to address ‘deep crisis’ in the family
The First European Catholic-Orthodox Forum has produced a document on the nature of the family as a "good for humanity."... Read more
Vatican and Italian government criticize sale of RU 486 in Italy
The Vatican and the Italian government have criticized the imminent arrival of the abortion pill RU 486, which will be... Read more
Italian chapel honoring dead of World War II rediscovered
A "lost chapel" honoring those who died in southern Italy during the Second World War has been rediscovered in an... Read more
Cardinal Canizares: ‘It is my duty in charity to communicate the Church’s teachings’
In an interview with the Spanish daily La Razon, the new prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Cardinal Antonio... Read more
Cardinal Arinze discusses obedience, poverty and chastity
The prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Francis Arinze, has written... Read more
Petition drive to support Grand Duke of Luxembourg’s anti-euthanasia stand
A petition drive has been launched to support Grand Duke Henri I of Luxembourg, who has imperiled his political powers... Read more
