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Advertiser uses picture of Sacred Heart to promote use of condoms

Mar 13, 2005

A Spanish advertising designer has launched an ad campaign promoting the use of condoms in AIDS prevention, employing an image... Read more

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Church in France wins ban of Last Supper ad

Mar 10, 2005

A French judge ruled yesterday that an ad campaign based on Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper is offensive to Catholics... Read more

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Spanish Archbishop calls for action in response to “absurd” social transformation

Mar 10, 2005

Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco of Valencia, Spain, is calling on the Spanish to avoid becoming “silent spectators” in the wake of... Read more

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Skip referendum on assisted fertilization, say Italian bishops

Mar 9, 2005

The president of the Bishops Conference of Italy, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, is promoting the creation of a civic committee that... Read more

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Catholic Action Group supports boycott of Comic Relief fundraiser

Mar 8, 2005

Another pro-life group has come out in support of a boycott by Catholics of Red Nose Day, a fundraising event... Read more

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Portuguese priest sparks controversy by denying Communion to anti-life leaders

Mar 8, 2005

A Franciscan priest in Portugal has caused a stir throughout the media for his refusal to give Communion to public... Read more

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“Barrabas” says Passion filming led to his conversion

Mar 8, 2005

The Archdiocese of Madrid’s publication “Alpha and Omega” publised an article in its latest edition on the testimony of the... Read more

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Pro-lifers insist bishops’ support of Comic Relief is support for abortion

Mar 7, 2005

The Catholic bishops of England and Wales issued a statement yesterday stating that Catholics can support the charity Comic Relief,... Read more

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Church in Spain reiterates willingness to collaborate despite government’s secular agenda

Mar 7, 2005

During opening remarks for the 84th Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Bishops Conference, the president of the Conference, Cardinal Antonio... Read more

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Spanish bishop underscores personal and communal aspects of Confession

Mar 7, 2005

Bishop Roman Casanova Casanova of Vic, Spain, said this week the Sacrament of Reconciliation has a personal as well as... Read more

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Pope speaks “strongly” against culture of death in latest book, says Vatican watcher

Mar 3, 2005

In his weekly column for L’Espresso Online, Vatican watcher Sandro Magister notes that although Pope John Paul II has temporarily... Read more

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Archbishop says Pope bears suffering with greater dignity than “The Sea Inside”

Mar 2, 2005

Archbishop Fernando Sebastian of Pamplona,Vice President of the Bishops Conference of Spain, said during his Ad limina visit this week... Read more

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Parkinson’s sufferers thank Pope for “exemplary witness”

Mar 2, 2005

An association of Parkinson’s sufferers has sent a letter of encouragement and appreciation to Pope John Paul II for the... Read more

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Italian lawmaker calls for reopening of investigation into assassination plot against Pope

Mar 2, 2005

A leading committee chairman of the Italian Congress is calling for the reopening of the investigation into the assassination attempt... Read more

Cardinal reports, Pope is speaking, voice is ‘strong,’ may go to Germany in August

Mar 1, 2005

Cardinal Joaquin Meissner, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany commented to reporters this morning after a brief visit with the Holy Father... Read more

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Baghdad Bishop sees bright future for Iraq

Mar 1, 2005

Months after abandoning churches and places of worship fearing more bombings, Andraos Abouna, Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad of the Chaldeans... Read more

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“Retirement” not part of Pope’s vocabulary, says Cardinal Lozano

Feb 28, 2005

The President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, said this week “the word retirement is... Read more

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Pope makes surprise appearance from hospital window

Feb 27, 2005

Sunday morning, just after Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, deputy Vatican Secretary of State read a statement from the Holy Father, John... Read more

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New film distorts truth of Crusades, depicts ‘Osama bin Laden’s version of history’

Feb 24, 2005

A new film about the Crusades distorts history and risks fuelling Islamic fundamentalism, say some British academics. Read more

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Anglican Communion asks U.S., Canadian churches to withdraw

Feb 24, 2005

The U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada withdrew yesterday from a key body of the worldwide Anglican... Read more