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Officials react with surprise to investigation of Vatican bank's chairman
Italian authorities began an investigation on Tuesday of the Vatican Bank's chairman, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, along with another unnamed executive... Read more
African American pastors warn against repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Family Research Council (FRC) president Tony Perkins and several African American religious leaders held a press conference on Monday to... Read more
Cardinal encourages faithful to allow God to fill their lives
During Mass on Sunday, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani of Lima called on the faithful to set aside “material values” and... Read more
Holy Father to make pastoral visit to Palermo
The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to Palermo, Italy in early October... Read more
Catholic legal experts warn HHS against requiring coverage of contraception and sterilization
Officials with the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference have urged the Department of Health and Human Services not to require coverage... Read more
American pilgrims attend first Mass at Bl. John Henry Newman Shrine
One day after Cardinal Newman’s beatification, a group of American pilgrims attended the first-ever Mass at the Bl. John Henry... Read more
Ambassador Kmiec reflects on car crash which killed priest and religious sister
U.S. Ambassador to Malta Doug Kmiec has said his life will be haunted “forever” by the car crash in which... Read more
Exorcist says Satan exists but without 'horns, wings or a tail'
Spanish exorcist Fr. Jose Antonio Fortea Cucurull stated in an interview last week that though Satan does indeed exist, he... Read more
West ends sabbatical with new show, says critics are on 'religious right'
Christopher West, the popular author and speaker whose presentation of Pope John Paul II's “Theology of the Body” has provoked... Read more
Iowa Catholic Conference backs state effort to overturn same-sex 'marriage'
The Iowa Catholic Conference (ICC) announced on Monday its support for a move that would amend the Midwestern state's constitution... Read more
Church’s social teaching antidote to ideological brainwash, says Argentinean bishop
Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata in Argentina remarked last week that the Church’s social teaching is the best antidote... Read more
Lay council reminds Venezuelans that Church has always rejected Communism
The National Council of the Laity in Venezuela has called on Venezuelans to carefully consider each candidate and their positions... Read more
Unknown assailants set fire to church in Colombia
A group of unknown assailants set fire to the Church of the Transfiguration in Bogota, Colombia last Thursday, after the... Read more
Holy Father recalls spiritual gifts of recently beatified mother superior
Before Sunday's Angelus, the Pope spoke of two Marys, recalling the beatification of a Spanish religious sister and noting the... Read more
Child protection chair: Benedict XVI made objective clear
In the first ever meeting of its kind, the Holy Father told U.K. child safeguarding workers that they are an important... Read more
Facing crash, Vancouver man sacrifices self to save pregnant wife
Brian Wood, a 33-year-old resident of Vancouver, B.C., was killed in an auto collision on September 3, when the driver... Read more
Pope Benedict gives farewell address to UK
Before embarking on the papal plane for his return flight to Rome, the Holy Father marked the end of his... Read more
Arizona Catholics eye long-term recovery in Haiti
It’s estimated that more than 200,000 Haitians died in the earthquake that toppled Port-au-Prince last January. The tremor lasted 35... Read more
People of UK have 'deep thirst' for the Gospel, Pope tells bishops
The Holy Father met with the bishops of Scotland, Wales and England at Oscott College in Birmingham on Sunday before... Read more
UK visit declared a 'spiritual success' by Fr. Lombardi
Behind the crowds who came to see the Pope are "hearts and minds that understand" the Pope's message, said the... Read more
