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Some of the John Paul II Film Festival award winners

John Paul II film festival holds inaugural awards ceremony

Nov 12, 2009

Self-described as “a home to filmmakers who have chosen to use this medium to express and share a message of... Read more

Bishop David Ricken

Priests must be living extensions of Christ in a flawed world, bishop’s new book says

Nov 12, 2009

Bishop of Green Bay David Ricken has published a book for priests to help them build their bond with Christ... Read more

Bishop John M. D'Arcy

Bishop D’Arcy says successor’s appointment ‘not too far away’

Nov 12, 2009

Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend John M. D’Arcy, announcing his approval of plans to relocate a diocesan high school, has... Read more

LA Times confuses Korzen with the USCCB

LA Times attributes pro-Obama Catholics’ statement to the USCCB

Nov 12, 2009

In a November 8 article titled “House votes for ban on abortion subsidies,” the Los Angeles Times quoted a statement... Read more

Father Lombardi presents new CD featuring voice of Pope Benedict

Nov 12, 2009

This week, the director of the Holy See’s Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, presented a new CD which contains modern... Read more

Joe Davis, Jr. was cured of sickle cell anemia using his brother Isaac's stem cells.

Adult Stem Cells Saved My Life campaign set to launch

Nov 12, 2009

The Family Research Council, (FRC) has announced the beginning of its campaign to spread awareness about how successful adult stem... Read more

CNA

Spanish bishop encourages women who have aborted to receive Sacrament of Reconciliation

Nov 12, 2009

The secretary general of the Spanish bishops' conference, Auxiliary Bishop Juan Antonio Martinez Camino of Madrid, encouraged women who have... Read more

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI surfs the web and uses email

Nov 12, 2009

The president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, shared this week that the Holy Father... Read more

Italian mayors respond to Strasbourg ruling by hanging more crucifixes in schools

Nov 12, 2009

A number of Italian officials have responded to the ruling by the European Human Rights Court that ordered schools in... Read more

CNA

South Carolina Catholic becomes 'Jeopardy! Teen Tournament' semi-finalist

Nov 12, 2009

Will Dantzler, a senior at Bishop England High School in Charleston, S.C. has scored big on the “Jeopardy! Teen Tournament”... Read more

Fr. Michael Sinnott

Irish missionary priest freed after month of captivity

Nov 12, 2009

After being held hostage for just over a month, Irish missionary priest Fr. Michael Sinnott was freed on Nov 12.... Read more

Pope commemorates anniversary of Rome's LUMSA University, encourages pursuit of truth

Nov 12, 2009

In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of Rome’s LUMSA university (Libera Universita Maria Santissma Assunta,) the Holy... Read more

Religious exemptions in D.C. same-sex ‘marriage’ bill are too narrow, archdiocese says

Nov 12, 2009

The Archdiocese of Washington has criticized a D.C. City Council committee for narrowing the religious freedom exemptions in a bill... Read more

Msgr. Melchor Sanchez de Toca y Alameda

Pontifical Council for Culture lecture series to engage North America, starting in Steubenville

Nov 12, 2009

The Pontifical Council for Culture will begin its “intentional engagement” of North America with a December conference at Franciscan University... Read more

CNA

Diocese of St. Augustine archive hosts oldest American documents

Nov 12, 2009

The oldest extant European documents written in U.S. continental territory are now hosted at the Archives of the Diocese of... Read more

CNA

Right to life is not merely a Catholic issue, says nuncio in Mexico

Nov 11, 2009

During his remarks at the opening of the 88th Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference, the country's Apostolic Nuncio,... Read more

CNA

Chavez should launch 'war' against crisis, not against Colombia, say Venezuelan prelates

Nov 11, 2009

Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas is calling on President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela to increase efforts to end “the... Read more

Student from Christendom College pray at the Planned Parenthood near the White House

Christendom College reports its largest pro-life protest ever at D.C. clinic

Nov 11, 2009

Shield of Roses, the pro-life student group at Christendom College, reports that it held its largest protest ever when more... Read more

CNA

Colombian official tells TV audience 'abortion is not a right'

Nov 11, 2009

Colombia’s Deputy Attorney General for Infancy, Adolescence and the Family, Myriam Ilva Hoyos, announced this week that a petition has... Read more

Fr. Thomas Berg

Academy of Medical Sciences to examine ethics of animal research with ‘human material’

Nov 11, 2009

Britain’s Academy of Medical Sciences has launched a new study to examine the ethical and regulatory framework needed for scientific... Read more