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Poll: 57 percent of informed Americans oppose federal funds for embryo-destroying research
Almost half of Americans oppose federal funding of stem cell research which involves destroying human embryos, a new survey reports.... Read more
Benedict XVI urges children to pursue sainthood
Today the Holy Father encouraged schoolchildren in the U.K. to aim high and “not to be content with second-best.” Seeking holiness... Read more
Pope reaffirms faith as 'driving force' behind UK Catholic schools
Catholic identity must be present in every aspect of Catholic schools, but, moreso, the life of faith must be their... Read more
Rep. Smith calls for crackdown on US child trafficking
Testifying before a House of Representatives subcommittee yesterday, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) called for a harsher enforcement of laws against... Read more
Upcoming assembly to elect new leadership of US Catholic bishops’ conference
The Fall General Assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will take place Nov. 15-18 at the Baltimore... Read more
Architect understood urgency of bringing God to the people through art, recalls prelate
The Archbishop of Barcelona, Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach, reflected this week on the life of “genius architect and exemplary Christian”... Read more
Archbishop urges change for Venezuela
Archbishop Roberto Luckert of Coro, Venezuela published a pastoral letter this week calling on the faithful and politicians in the... Read more
Seattle Catholics receive new archbishop from Pope Benedict
The Vatican announced on Thursday that Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop James Sartain of Joliet, Illinois to serve as Archbishop... Read more
Bishop recalls role of Mary of Guadalupe in Mexican independence
Auxiliary Bishop Enrique Sanchez Martinez of Durango invited the faithful of Mexico this week to pray for their country as... Read more
Pope calls for vocal Catholic presence in Scottish public life
During Mass at Glasgow's Bellahouston Park on Thursday afternoon the Holy Father called on Scottish Catholics not to be afraid... Read more
Vatican spokesman pleased with crowd of 100,000 in Edinburgh
“We couldn't desire a better start” for the Pope's visit to the U.K., said Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi, referring... Read more
Theologian calls papal trip to UK a ‘courageous visit’
Theologian Pablo Blanco of the University of Navarre in Spain commented this week that Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to the... Read more
Pope calls UK back to Christian roots in light of 'aggressive' secularism
Benedict XVI has called the United Kingdom to draw from its “Christian foundation” as it addresses the challenges of the... Read more
Benedict XVI admits 'shock' at sexual abuses, says healing for victims is top priority
The Pope has expressed his “shock” and “great sadness” due to sexual abuses by members of clergy. Victims of abuse must... Read more
Downsizing of Catholics in Alliance creates debate over Catholic political funding
The closure of the offices of the Democrat-leaning group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) has prompted debate... Read more
Holy Father 'not worried' about UK's history of anti-Catholicism
The Holy Father remarked that it was with “great courage and joy” that he traveled to Great Britain on Thursday.... Read more
British ad regulator bans ice cream ad with pregnant nun
With the papal visit to the U.K. about to begin, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of Great Britain has banned... Read more
Priests have been 'worse' than silent on contraception, says canon law expert
Adding to Vatican analyst Sandro Magister's recent commentary on the issue of widespread contraception use among Catholics today, a noted... Read more
Morning-after pill distorts abortion figures in Spain, experts assert
The president of the Institute for Family Policy in Spain, Eduardo Hertfelder, charged this week that the widespread distribution of... Read more
New project to help preserve Cardinal Newman’s manuscripts and spread his ideas
The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) has launched a project to help preserve the handwritten manuscripts of the nineteenth-century convert and... Read more
