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Illinois headband designer making charity fashionable
She started a trend and a business in high school creating colorful headbands, but the best part of Gina Hinders’... Read more
Vatican claims net financial loss, sees improvement over 2009
The Vatican's accounts continue to run in the red but have improved from last year, the Holy See announced on... Read more
Critics decry Federal ruling against Defense of Marriage Act
In response to a federal judge in Massachusetts ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, critics of... Read more
Caritas helping rebuild Chilean Church after quake
Some 30 pastoral workers from the dioceses affected by the 2010 earthquake in Chile and aid workers from the Catholic... Read more
Cardinal Rode clears monks of wrongdoing in abuse reporting case
The Benedictine abbey in Ettal, Germany has announced that the Vatican has cleared two monks who were asked to resign... Read more
Illinois professor fired for giving Catholic teaching on homosexuality
The University of Illinois has fired an adjunct professor for teaching in a class on Catholicism that homosexual acts violate... Read more
Vatican paper praises 'Toy Story 3' and its lesson on true friendship
The Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano has offered up praise for Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” for providing moviegoers with a profound... Read more
Belgian cardinal to bring legal action over investigation leaks
Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels is filing a civil complaint against investigators after a second piece of information was leaked to... Read more
Cardinal Rivera calls for solidarity with flood victims in Mexico
In a press release issued yesterday, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City expressed his condolences and spiritual closeness to... Read more
Archbishop De Paolis appointed as Pope's delegate to Legionaries
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, C.S., as the of the Pontifical Delegate to the Legion of... Read more
Researcher finds evidence Pius XII may have helped 200,000 Jews leave Nazi Germany
Further challenging claims of papal inaction in the face of Jewish persecution during World War II, a German historian conducting... Read more
Solomon Islands priests reflect on fidelity, renew vows of service
In the city of Gizo's Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, 63 priests and religious from the Solomon Islands' three... Read more
Catholic Health Association praises Berwick recess appointment to Medicare post
The Catholic Health Association (CHA) has applauded President Obama’s recess appointment of Harvard pediatrician Dr. Donald Berwick as administrator of... Read more
Colombian bishops hopeful new administration will jump-start mediation with FARC
The secretary general of the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, Bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba, said this week the Catholic Church there... Read more
Washington state lawyers acknowledge pharmacies' right to not stock Plan B
In a major reversal of their previous position, attorneys for the state of Washington have acknowledged the right of local... Read more
Guillermo Farinas ends 140-day hunger strike
After the Cuban government agreed to release 52 political prisoners earlier this week, the Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas abandoned his... Read more
Vatican to clarify canonical procedure for attempted ordination of women
More information regarding the soon-to-be-announced modifications to the Vatican's canonical guidelines for dealing with abusive priests and other sins came... Read more
Paya thanks Church; hopes for 'end to unjust imprisonment'
The coordinator of the Christian Life Movement, Oswaldo Paya, thanked the Church yesterday for its efforts to achieve the release... Read more
Venezuelan cardinal says Chavez moving country towards dictatorship
Speaking from Rome where he is attending a previously scheduled meeting, the Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, responded... Read more
Benedict XVI begins vacation, thanks faithful for friendship
Having arrived at Castel Gandolfo to begin his summer vacation, the Holy Father greeted those present from a window overlooking... Read more
