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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
90 year-old Spanish priest starts center for AIDS patients in China
90 year-old Spanish priest, Fr. Luis Ruiz Suarez, has opened a home for AIDS patients called “AIDS Caring Centre” in... Read more
Study reveals that half of all pregnant teens in Spain get abortions
A study carried out by a leading research group has revealed that half of all minors in Spain who get... Read more
Nicaraguan former guerrilla acknowledges errors of the past and asks Church for forgiveness
In an historical move, the ex-president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega (1979-90), who lead the Sandinista movement, has asked forgiveness for... Read more
Controversy over Communion to pro-abortion politicians continues
The controversy over the memorandum sent by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,... Read more
Why does UNICEF support Muslim, not Christian schools? Sudanese bishop asks
Bishop Daniel Adwok, Auxiliary of Khartoum (Sudan), has questioned the decision taken by UNICEF not to give funds to the... Read more
Socialists “want to take us back to the time of the Muslim invasion,” says Spanish Cardinal
The president of the Bishops Conference of Spain, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, criticized this week the presence of a... Read more
Catholic Charity calls for day of prayer for the "silent Church"
The "Fundacao Ajuda à Igreja que Sofre", Portuguese branch of the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need... Read more
Archbishop of Toledo calls on Catholic politicians to reject homosexual “marriage”
The Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, Antonio Cañizares, reminded “Catholic lawmakers” this week of their “serious responsibility” to... Read more
Worry over possible lack of control of subsidized Islam classes in Spain
The Chair of Arabic Literature at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Serafin Fanjul, is expressing his fear that the Spanish... Read more
President of Nicaragua denies trying to control the Church
President Enrique Bolaños of Nicaragua is denying reports that his government is attempting “to control” the Catholic Church in the... Read more
Government announces federal funding to teach and spread Islam in Spain
The Spanish Justice Minister, Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, expressed this week the willingness of the government to provide federal funding... Read more
Italian reporter to release Cardinal Ratzinger’s full letter to US Bishops on denying communion
The dean of Italian Vatican journalists, Sandro Magister of the weekly L’Espresso, will release tomorrow a story on the debate... Read more
Second largest church in the world dedicated to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
The hundreds of pilgrims who each year visit the Italian village of San Giovanni Rotondo to pray to Padre Pio... Read more
Spanish bishop calls legalization of homosexual unions by government an aberration
Bishop Jose Gea Escolano of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain, said this week the Spanish government’s plan to legalize homosexual unions next year... Read more
New scans reveals amazing baby behavior in the womb
A new 3D ultrasound scan has produced vivid pictures of a 12 week-old unborn baby "walking", yawning and rubbing its... Read more
