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Longstanding racketeering lawsuit against Vatican dismissed
A federal court’s dismissal “with prejudice” of a 2002 lawsuit by five U.S. state commissioners against the Holy See shows... Read more
Cardinal warns Honduran president of increasing violence
Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez of Tegucigalpa urged Honduran president Porfirio Lobo to recognize the widespread violence and growing poverty afflicting... Read more
Pope appoints new bishop of Salina, Kansas
Pope Benedict XVI has named Oklahoma priest Msgr. Edward John Weisenburger as the new bishop of Salina, Kansas. Read more
Hundreds of Paraguay teachers unite against abortion
More than 500 teachers participating in the Catholic Teachers Congress in Paraguay rejected abortion and same-sex unions amid efforts to... Read more
Vatican City’s government rejects corruption allegations
The body responsible for the governance of the Vatican City State is denying claims of corruption leveled by its former... Read more
Analyst: Obama could lose Catholic vote over HHS mandate
The growing Catholic outcry against a recent health insurance mandate could threaten President Obama’s support “among a key group of... Read more
God's love overcomes the misery of illness, Pope teaches
Faith in the love of Jesus Christ can overcome the suffering oflong-term illness, Pope Benedict XVI said in his Sunday... Read more
Church celebrates 16th century Martyrs of Nagasaki on Feb. 6
On Feb. 6, the Catholic Church honors the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki, a group of native Japanese Catholics and foreign... Read more
Detroit's blogging bishop documents Roman pilgrimage
Currently on an “ad limina” visit to the Vatican, Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Arturo Cepeda is taking the Michigan faithful along... Read more
Vatican astronomer says Big Bang theory in tune with creation history
The director of the Vatican Observatory said that the Church is open to the scientific theory that the world began... Read more
US free speech faces Islamic blasphemy law pressure, analyst says
Paul Marshall, a religious liberty expert, says that attempts to “export” Islamic anti-blasphemy laws to the West could pose a... Read more
Being Catholic means 'paying a price,' says Detroit archbishop
Being Catholic in 2012 involves “paying a price” for loving Jesus Christ and his Church, says Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron... Read more
Mexican artist thrilled to craft papal throne for Pope's trip
A Mexican artist designing the papal throne Pope Benedict will use during his visit to the Cathedral of Leon on March... Read more
Komen reversal on Planned Parenthood funding fails to surprise some
Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced on the morning of Feb. 3 that it is amending its funding guidelines... Read more
No law allowing abortion can be moral, say Spanish experts
Catholic professors from the University of Cordoba in Spain have published a study on abortion in which they argue that... Read more
Romney pledges to eliminate HHS mandate on ‘day one’ of presidency
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has pledged to overturn the HHS contraception mandate that he says takes “particular aim” at... Read more
White House’s defense of mandate called inaccurate, misleading
An expert in religious freedom says that the White House's defense of the contraception mandate contains inaccurate information and does... Read more
Archbishop Chaput says Obama administration sold out Catholic supporters
The Obama administration has betrayed Catholics by refusing to expand the religious exemption in Health and Human Services' contraception mandate,... Read more
