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Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI says Church needs to proclaim Gospel on the ‘digital continent’

Oct 29, 2009

Addressing the full Pontifical Council for Social Communications today, Benedict XVI urged its members to help communicate the teachings of... Read more

Pope hopes for 'new phase of international cooperation' from Iran

Oct 29, 2009

In a meeting today with Iran's new ambassador to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI called on Iran to begin a... Read more

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Pope Benedict's busy Christmas season liturgical schedule published

Oct 29, 2009

The Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations announced today the list of events that the Pope will preside over from November... Read more

Marian Shrine at Knock / Archbishop Michael Neary

Archbishop cautions against alleged visions at the Shrine of Knock

Oct 29, 2009

The Archbishop of Tuam has responded to an alleged visionary who predicted that another Marian apparition would take place at... Read more

Archbishop Mario Conti

Archbishop of Glasgow says Anglican provision is ‘a way forward’

Oct 29, 2009

The Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti has commented on the Vatican’s recently announced proposal to welcome Anglican communities into... Read more

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Louisiania bishops join debate on health care with warning on protecting unborn

Oct 28, 2009

Health care is a basic right and its proposed reform must provide access for all while also excluding abortion funding... Read more

Larry David

Critics slam HBO show that mocked Catholic devotion to Jesus

Oct 28, 2009

Catholic critics have reacted to an HBO show that had a scene showing a painting of Jesus being urinated on... Read more

President Barack Obama

President Obama signs federal hate crimes law under banner of change

Oct 28, 2009

President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law this afternoon in the... Read more

Cardinal Justin Rigali / Archbishop Timothy Dolan

Catholic archbishops make ‘friendly wager’ on outcome of World Series

Oct 28, 2009

The Archbishops of New York and Philadelphia have made a “friendly wager” on the outcome of the 2009 World Series,... Read more

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Texas Catholic bishops: Current health care bill fails to protect all human life

Oct 28, 2009

All of the Catholic bishops in Texas released a statement on health care reform on Tuesday, warning that the legislation currently... Read more

Bishop J. Peter Sartain / Bishop-elect Joseph Siegel

Benedict XVI appoints auxiliary bishop to Diocese of Joliet

Oct 28, 2009

The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Benedict has appointed Father Joseph Siegel as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese... Read more

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Holy Father to visit childhood home of Pope Paul VI

Oct 28, 2009

Today it was announced that Pope Benedict will make a pastoral visit on Sunday, November 8, to the northern Italian... Read more

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope calls Catholics to daily meditation on the Bible

Oct 28, 2009

At today's General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict provided a lesson on the theological renaissance of the 12th... Read more

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Christians most numerous victims of religious freedom violations, archbishop tells U.N.

Oct 28, 2009

Christians suffer the greatest number of violations of religious freedom, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the apostolic nuncio who leads the Holy... Read more

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson

Carl Anderson to receive Rome’s Lupa Capitolina award in honor of Knights’ service

Oct 28, 2009

Supreme Knight of Columbus Carl A. Anderson on Wednesday will receive the city of Rome’s Lupa Capitolina (The Wolf of... Read more

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U.S. bishops to vote on chairmen for five USCCB committees

Oct 28, 2009

With the approach of the U.S. bishops’ fall assembly, the nominations for five committee chairmanships of the U.S. Conference of... Read more

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President of Constitutional Court suggests prohibiting sale of morning-after pill in Peru

Oct 28, 2009

The president of the Constitutional Court of Peru, Juan Vergara, has asked the Minister of Health, Oscar Ugarte, to prohibit... Read more

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Archbishop Dolan plans to imitate Fulton Sheen and Cardinal O'Connor

Oct 27, 2009

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York told EWTN host Raymond Arroyo in an interview last Friday on “The World Over... Read more

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Retired Spanish bishop serves Peruvian parish by hearing confessions six hours each Sunday

Oct 27, 2009

Bishop Jose Gea Escolano, who retired from the Spanish Diocese of Mondonedo-Ferrol and is currently a missionary in Peru explained... Read more

Rep. Patrick Kennedy / Archbishop Timothy Dolan

Archbishop Dolan asks Rep. Kennedy to apologize for ‘sad’ accusations

Oct 27, 2009

Joining the response to U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s charge that the Catholic bishops are spreading discord on health care reform,... Read more