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Servant of God Fr. Vincent Capodanno

Mass at National Shrine to honor Servant of God and heroic Navy chaplain

Aug 18, 2009

Servant of God Fr. Vincent Capodanno, a U.S. Navy chaplain whose heroic ministry to U.S. Marines in Vietnam won him... Read more

Cardinal Justin Rigali / President Obama

British Catholic paper criticized for saying U.S. bishops must back Obama on health care

Aug 18, 2009

A Catholic newspaper in Britain has drawn harsh criticism for claiming that the U.S. bishops’ concerns about abortion coverage in... Read more

Sri Lankans participating in record numbers at the Festive Eucharistic Celebration

Sri Lankan Catholics flock to Marian shrine after decades of civil war

Aug 17, 2009

On the Feast of the Assumption, hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankan Catholics were able to finally make the pilgrimage... Read more

Florida Governor Charlie Crist

Catholic bishops appeal for life of Florida inmate as deadline nears

Aug 17, 2009

A judge has denied a request to delay the execution of a Florida death row inmate convicted of rape and... Read more

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Pope Benedict’s teachings on the family presented in new volume

Aug 17, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI’s thoughts on the family have been collected in a new volume from the publishing arm of the... Read more

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Uruguayan bishop warn against law that would allow homosexual adoption

Aug 17, 2009

Archbishop Nicolas Cotugno of Montevideo, the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Uruguay, issued a statement last week warning that... Read more

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Pope appoints new undersecretary, sends important diplomat to Venezuela

Aug 17, 2009

This morning Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Ettore Balestrero as the new Undersecretary of the Section for Relations with States, a... Read more

Cardinal Jose Urosa Savino

Cardinal says Chavez government seeking monopoly on education

Aug 17, 2009

Cardinal Jose Urosa Savino of Caracas defended the rights of parents to request schools provide religious instruction for their children... Read more

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Catholic university in San Diego to open graduate school of Biblical Theology

Aug 17, 2009

By Denis Grasska

A local Catholic university is responding to one of the Church’s greatest needs by opening a graduate school of biblical... Read more

Bishop Richard F. Stika

Knoxville bishop suffers mild heart attack

Aug 17, 2009

Catholics in the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee are praying for their new bishop after he suffered a mild heart attack... Read more

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Judge in Spain to rule on sex change for minor

Aug 17, 2009

A judge in Barcelona, Spain is set to be the first in the country to decide whether to allow a... Read more

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Lutheran group organizes to defeat proposed ELCA changes on sexual morals

Aug 16, 2009

As the opening of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Churchwide Assembly approaches, a group of Lutherans is gathering support... Read more

The new sisters in Hilo, from left, Sister Lisa Chettri, Sister Lusika Sangma, Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil and Sister Ruth Zonunthari.  Photo

Indian nuns in Hawaii: Coming from afar to proclaim the Good News

Aug 16, 2009

Even in Hawaii’s longstanding cultural melting pot, this is a first. A community of Indian nuns has made its home... Read more

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Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux to be celebrated August 20

Aug 16, 2009

This week the Church is preparing to celebrate the feast day of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a Doctor of the... Read more

Catholics should imitate Mary and say 'yes' to God, Pope Benedict says

Aug 16, 2009

On Sunday Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his Angelus reflections to Our Lady. Speaking to 4,000 people gathered in the courtyard... Read more

Stephen Kimani Maruge

Catholic convert who was world's oldest student passes away

Aug 16, 2009

The Kenyan man named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest pupil, who enrolled in classes... Read more

U.S. bishops launch website on health care reform

Aug 15, 2009

As the American health care debate continues, the U.S. Catholic bishops have launched a webpage to promote support for a... Read more

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South Carolina woman readies for joy in religious life

Aug 15, 2009

After two years of contemplating a religious vocation, Virginia Cotter thought she was finally ready to visit some orders for... Read more

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Catholic sister chases rifle-toting burglary suspect in Missouri

Aug 15, 2009

Police in Independence, Missouri have arrested a rifle-toting teenage burglary suspect who was chased into the woods by a religious... Read more

Crossroads participants from a 2005 trip

Trek across the country reveals a pro-life America

Aug 15, 2009

After weeks of witness on the road, in church youth groups, and in front of abortion clinics, forty young people... Read more