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Vatican says visitation of women religious will issue public report
Cardinal Franc Rode issued a statement on Tuesday in response to questions about the motivation for the ongoing apostolic visitation... Read more
Report details harassment and 'anti-religious bigotry' after Prop. 8 passage
A think tank has compiled and analyzed reports of the harassment, intimidation, and “gross expressions of anti-religious bigotry” shown in... Read more
Vietnamese bishop condemns government take over of monastery
A Vietnamese bishop has strongly condemned the initiation of a “sorrowful” project to convert a monastery in the Diocese of... Read more
School counselor targeted for supporting Maine’s pro-marriage Question 1
A high school counselor is the subject of an ethics complaint to the Maine licensing board because of his appearance... Read more
Pro-life congress to attract more than 1,000 from around the world
The fourth International Pro-life Congress will take place from November 6-8 in Zaragoza, Spain featuring speakers from 14 different countries... Read more
Texas Planned Parenthood director has change of heart, becomes pro-life
A director of a Planned Parenthood affiliate in Texas has resigned after eight years with the organization because watching an... Read more
Catholic association calls for registration of doctors who perform abortions
The president of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, Dr. Jose Maria Simon, said last week that instead of... Read more
Denver bishop: Catholics must demand delivery from Obama on health care promises
Stressing that “there is very little time to act,” Bishop James Conley, the Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, told CNA in... Read more
Mexican bishops call for rigorous and honest fiscal policy
In response to the debate in the Mexican congress on next year’s budget and fiscal policy, the country's bishops have... Read more
Father fights hospital, mother, to keep son on life support
A man in Great Britain is fighting to keep his 12 month old son on life support, while the boy's... Read more
Archbishop Chaput calls on Obama to keep his promise to exclude abortion funding
Saying that no present proposals for health care reform adequately restrict federal funding for abortions, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput has... Read more
Lawyer says Mexico should build daycare centers, not promote abortion
Constitutional lawyer Ingrid Tapia called on the Mexico City government last week to set aside public resources for the building... Read more
N.J. priest laid to rest after 'life of devotion and service'
Fr. Edward Hinds, a New Jersey pastor who was stabbed to death last week, was laid to rest on Saturday... Read more
U.S. bishops to debate document on ethics of reproductive technology
The U.S. bishops’ proposed document on the relationship between sex and procreation and the moral issues concerning infertility treatments will... Read more
Casa de Vida gives hope to unwed mothers
Before moving into Casa de Vida, a residential program for young, pregnant women, 22-year-old Dominique Sawyer had two options: the... Read more
'We are never alone,' Pope exclaims on All Saints Day
To the faithful gathered on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI presented the communion of... Read more
French martyr who inspired St. Therese of Lisieux to be honored Nov. 6
On Friday, November 6, the Church will celebrate the feast of St. Jean-Théophane Vénard, a French missionary to Vietnam who... Read more
Same-sex marriage law in D.C. could ‘suppress’ Catholic institutions, archdiocese warns
A Washington, D.C. City Council proposal to recognize same-sex “marriage” would redefine marriage and could force Catholic educational and charitable... Read more
Nebraska late-term abortionist supports Speaker Pelosi’s health care bill
Nebraska late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart was present at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s press conference in support of her new health... Read more
Omaha physician travels overseas to train doctors in natural reproductive technology
During a recent trip to Nigeria and Poland, a local doctor witnessed enthusiasm for the natural reproductive technology he created... Read more
