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Pregnant women in Spain who suffer from AIDS request help to avoid abortion
The Association of Abortion Victims (AAV) in Spain are responding to calls from pregnant women infected with AIDS who are... Read more
Bishop begins probe of Austria's seminary sex scandal
Austrian Bishop Klaus Kueng, appointed apostolic visitator by Pope John Paul II began investigating a sex scandal at a seminary... Read more
Expert says better marriage prep needed to reduce marriage annulments
The Judicial Vicar and Canon Lawyer of the Archdiocese of Oviedo, Fr. Andres Perez, said this week the diverse and... Read more
Spanish bishops warn against making homosexual unions equivalent with marriage
As a new law granting full marital status to homosexual unions is set to be implemented beginning next year, the... Read more
4-D images spark debate on abortion in Spain
The publishing of 4-dimensional pictures of the unborn, which show the fetus smiling, blinking her eyes and crying several weeks... Read more
Catholic leaders and Sandinistas pray together after 25 years in Nicaragua
Nicaragua's former Marxist President Daniel Ortega and Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo prayed together for reconciliation on Monday evening, on... Read more
Anti-AIDS committee slams “stubbornness” against abstinence at world conference
In a statement made public this weekend, the Independent Anti-AIDS Committee of Spain lamented the “stubbornness” against abstinence and faithfulness... Read more
Expert says authorities ignoring increasing extremism at Spanish Mosques
The director of the Institute for the Study of Conflicts and Humanitarian Action in Spain, Jesus Nuñez Diaz, criticized Spanish... Read more
Alarm in Italy as growth of Satanism creates “market” for consecrated hosts
Fr. Aldo Buonaiuto, director of an “emergency help line” that assists young people wanting to get out of satanic cults,... Read more
Turkish convert persecuted for the faith hopes to return as a priest to his country
Seminarian Timothy Aytac, a Turkish convert from Islam, who suffered not only rejection but also persecution and violence in his... Read more
Church in Austria trying to react fast to new sex scandal
Catholic leaders in Austria have reacted quickly to the emergence of a new sex scandal, discovered at a local seminary.... Read more
Catholic relief organization to air TV programs raising awareness on persecuted Christians
The German branch of the international Catholic charitable organization “Aid to the Church in Need” (ACN) will start airing its... Read more
UNICEF leaves unborn out of abortion debate in Nicaragua
An official from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Gary Stahl, has gotten involved in the debate on the legalization... Read more
Spanish Archbishop says homosexual acts cannot be morally justified
Archbishop Elias Yanes of Zaragoza, Spain, said this week the existence of homosexual tendencies does not nullify one’s freedom and... Read more
Pope to send revered Icon of Our Lady of Kazan back to Russia
On Saturday, Pope John Paul’s spokesman, Joaquin Navarro Valls, announced that the Pontiff has decided to send a Vatican delegation... Read more
Polish news agency announces new book based on interview with Pope John Paul II
The Polish Catholic news agency, KAI, has announced a new book by Pope John Paul II is currently “being edited”... Read more
A book by Pope John Paul II “being edited,” Polish Catholic news agency announces
Father Pawel Ptasznik, head of the Polish section of the Vatican's Secretary of State, has revealed to the Polish Catholic... Read more
European court denies personhood and human rights to unborn child
The European Court of Human Rights meeting in Strasbourg, France, rejected an immigrant’s appeal requesting that human rights be granted... Read more
Jail sentences for two men that disrupted Mass in German Cathedral
A German court in Maguncia has sentenced two men to 5 months in jail for disrupting Mass last Sunday celebrated... Read more
Cardinal Rouco tells homosexuals baptism cannot be erased
Responding to the decision of about 1,500 homosexuals who “officially” renounced their Catholic faith in writing to the Archdiocese of... Read more
