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Parents upset over promotion of homosexuality in Spanish grade school

May 12, 2009

The organization, Segovia for Education in Freedom, has voiced concern from parents with children attending a Catholic public school where... Read more

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Clinton struggles to produce evidence to confirm Brazilian abortion story

May 12, 2009

Last month Secretary of State Hilary Clinton told Congress that half of the women she had seen in Brazilian hospitals... Read more

Bishop of Salt Lake City John C. Wester

One year later, Bishop Wester notes ‘human cost’ of Postville immigration raid

May 12, 2009

Marking the anniversary of the May 12, 2008 immigration raid in Postville, Iowa, the Catholic bishop who heads the U.S.... Read more

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Christian Liberation Movement denounces repression of members in Cuba

May 12, 2009

Representatives of the Christian Liberation Movement in Spain have denounced the harassment that its members are suffering in Cuba due... Read more

Sweden allows sex-selective abortions

May 12, 2009

Sweden, which legalized abortion in 1938, has taken its abortion extremism one step further by legalizing “gender based” abortion which... Read more

Pope Benedict’s national Holocaust memorial speech defended against critics

May 12, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks at Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, despite saying such an "atrocity" as the Holocaust should never "disgrace... Read more

Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne

Cardinal Cipriani emphasizes ‘chastity is a gift’

May 12, 2009

The Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, said this weekend that chastity is a "gift" and "not a... Read more

Pope Benedict XVI / St. John Marie Vianney

Holy Father to grant plenary indulgences for the Year of Priests

May 12, 2009

The Vatican has announced that during the Year for Priests, which will run June 19, 2009 – June 19, 2010,... Read more

Fr. Frank Pavone

Priests for Life call ND seniors to send ‘one final response’

May 12, 2009

This week, several seniors from the University of Notre Dame announced they will not be attending their commencement ceremony, and... Read more

Mass at the foot of the Mount of Olives

Jerusalem must fulfill its 'vocation' as a city of peace, urges Pope

May 12, 2009

Mass at the foot of the Mount of Olives began on Tuesday afternoon with Archbishop Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of... Read more

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Pro-life foundation denounces promotion of morning-after pill in Spain

May 12, 2009

The director of the Life Foundation in Spain, Manuel Cruz, denounced the country’s Minister of Health, Trinity Jimenez, for distributing... Read more

Pope Benedict XVI

Love key to vibrant Christian presence in Holy Land, Benedict XVI says

May 12, 2009

Bishops from the Holy Land gathered Tuesday afternoon with Pope Benedict in the room where, according to tradition, Jesus celebrated... Read more

Pope Benedict XVI prays at the Western Wall

Pope brings hopes and sufferings to Western Wall

May 12, 2009

Just a few minutes after 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to the Western Wall, known... Read more

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Pope calls attention to fate of 'human family' at Dome of the Rock

May 12, 2009

The Dome of the Rock, a sacred site for Muslims, Christians and Jews, was visited by Pope Benedict on Tuesday... Read more

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Seminarian recalls spirit of Irish priests from his youth in Nigeria

May 12, 2009

Long before he was ordained a deacon a year ago, Idongesit Etim delivered his first homilies, at his home parish... Read more

Bishop of Corpus Christi Edmond Carmody / Fr. Shaji Varghese

Texas priest recovering from critical after-Mass stabbing

May 12, 2009

A priest who was critically stabbed just after a Friday morning Mass in a town near Corpus Christi is recovering.... Read more

Bishop Richard Malone of Portland, Maine

Maine diocese responds to state’s same-sex ‘marriage’ decision

May 12, 2009

Bishop Richard Malone of Portland, Maine released a statement after the state’s governor signed a bill to redefine marriage in... Read more

Christopher West / Dr. Alice von Hildebrand

Christopher West’s ideas on sexuality ignore ‘tremendous dangers,’ Alice von Hildebrand says

May 11, 2009

Renowned Catholic thinker Dr. Alice von Hildebrand has criticized Theology of the Body speaker Christopher West, saying his approach has... Read more

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Italian archbishop suspends communion in the hand to avoid abuses of the Eucharist

May 11, 2009

The Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, has prohibited the reception of communion in the hand in three parishes of... Read more

Bishop Noel Treanor of Down and Connor

Bishop blesses mass grave of unbaptized children in N. Ireland

May 11, 2009

A Catholic bishop on Sunday blessed an unmarked mass grave in Belfast which had been inadvertently leased out. Unbaptized babies... Read more