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School district keeps parental permission rules for students seeking services like abortion
Another California school district has voted to preserve a policy requiring students to have parental permission to leave campus for... Read more
Ave Maria University fires Fr. Fessio again
Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, the founder of Ignatius Press and a former student of Pope Benedict, has been fired from... Read more
Bolivian bishops respond to attacks by President Evo Morales
In a recent statement the secretary-general of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Jesus Juarez, responded to claims by President Evo... Read more
Obama made same abortion comments to Pope and Planned Parenthood, spokesman states
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has said that President Barack Obama made the same comments to Pope Benedict XVI... Read more
Cardinal Canizares slams Spanish abortion law
The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Antonio Canizares, asserted on Monday that... Read more
Surgery on Pope’s wrist was best solution, says Father Lombardi
In response to criticism in the Italian press of the small operation performed on Pope Benedict XVI to repair a... Read more
Orthodox Union rejects booklet alleging Vatican support for Hezbollah
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America has clarified circumstances surrounding the distribution to Israeli soldiers of a booklet... Read more
Italian socialist praises new way forged by Benedict XVI
In an article published by L’Osservatore Romano, the Italian politician, historian and journalist, Giuseppe Tamburrado, who led the Italian Socialist... Read more
Drug traffickers issue death threats against three Mexican bishops
The spokesman for the Archdiocese of Mexico City, Father Hugo Valdemar, told reporters this week that three bishops in Michoacan... Read more
Benedict XVI calls on Tour de France cyclists to use sports to build moral character
Tour de France competitors entered the 16th stage today, winding through the Italian and Swiss Alps and bringing cyclists near... Read more
Catholic medical clinic offers solution to health crisis
As President Obama urges Congress to pass health care reform legislation by August, a medical clinic in Madison, Wisconsin is... Read more
Politician leading ‘common ground’ initiative faces questions about pro-life credibility
Though U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)’s pro-life credibility has been described as ‘crumbled’ by a leading Democratic pro-life group, some... Read more
Vietnamese police beat hundreds of Catholics seeking to restore parish
On Monday morning Vietnamese police in the Diocese of Vinh brutally beat hundreds of Catholics who were erecting a cross... Read more
Judge throws out challenge to Proposition 8, DOMA aspects to move forward
A federal judge has thrown out another legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8, ruling that plaintiffs had no standing to... Read more
Israeli officials halt distribution of booklet alleging Vatican support for Hezbollah
Israeli officials have halted the distribution of a booklet published by an American Orthodox Jewish Group and given to Israeli... Read more
Family fulfills mission when it transmits the Gospel, Brazilian archbishop states
The president of the Brazilian bishop’s Committee on Life and the Family, Archbishop Orlando Brandes of Londrina, said last week,... Read more
White House official: Abortion funding will be part of health care reform debate
The White House budget chief has said that he will not rule out whether a government-funded public health insurance proposal... Read more
Caritas in Veritate is formidable message of hope, says French cardinal
During the presentation of Pope Benedict XVI’s new encyclical Caritas in Veritate to politicians, union leaders and other French officials,... Read more
Vatican daily recalls 40th anniversary of first lunar landing
L’Osservatore Romano published a series of articles today commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20,... Read more
Mexican bishops call for end to violence in Michoacan
The bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Morelia in Mexico have called for an end to the violence that has... Read more
