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‘Strong majority’ of California justices against overturning Prop. 8
The California Supreme Court on Thursday began hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the successful ballot... Read more
Expert says abortion was legalized in Colombia with invalid statistics
The head of the bioethics department for the University of La Sabana’s school of medicine, Pablo Arango Restrepo is claiming... Read more
Archbishop Naumann says Gov. Sebelius nomination ‘particularly troubling’
Archbishop of Kansas City Joseph F. Naumann has responded to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ nomination to President Obama’s Cabinet, calling... Read more
Bishop receives death threats for denouncing human trafficking rings
Bishop Jose Luis Azcona of Marajo, Brazil, has received death threats for denouncing the sexual exploitation of human trafficking rings... Read more
Pro-life experts ask Obama not to push abortion in Latin America
The Latin American Post-Abortion Care Network has sent an open letter to President Barack Obama asking him to reverse his... Read more
Calling Sebelius pro-life is ‘very, very dishonest,’ says Kansas City archbishop
In response to reports that Governor of Kansas Kathleen Sebelius is the reason the abortion rate in her state has decreased,... Read more
Mother of comatose woman: ‘My daughter is the most beautiful thing I could ever have’
The Paraguayan Catholic weekly “Cristo hoy” published the moving story of Carolina Ramirez who, like Eluana Englaro, has also been... Read more
Bishops call a 'Mexico stained with blood' to conversion
The bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua have exhorted “those who are involved in violence” to be reconciled with... Read more
Itinerary for Pope’s visit to Roman Town Hall released
Today the schedule for Pope Benedict’s brief March 9 visit to Rome’s Town Hall was made public by the Vatican. Read more
Small Alaskan parishes thrive during Lenten season despite priest shortage
Two full days after Ash Wednesday, Catholics in remote Alaska villages were walking around with freshly drawn ashen crosses on... Read more
Obama’s pro-life backers risk usurping bishops, critic says
Though some have hoped that pro-life Catholic supporters of President Barack Obama would persuade the president to moderate his “extremist”... Read more
Maryland March for Life to rally against Sebelius pick
The 30th Annual Maryland March for Life will take place on Monday, March 9, organizers have announced, saying they want... Read more
Cardinal Mahony bans Bishop Williamson from L.A. archdiocese
Archbishop of Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony has banned Society of St. Pius X Bishop Richard Williamson from entering any... Read more
Italian Catholics sacrificing texting for Lent
After beginning in three Catholic dioceses of Italy, a campaign to give up text messages, social networking sites and computer... Read more
Expert signals false opposition between 'Darwinism' and the Catholic Church
In an interview with the Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano, Gennaro Auletta, professor of Philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University has... Read more
New 'designer babies' make life a commodity, bioethicist says
A Los Angeles clinic has announced that it will help couples undergoing a form of fertility treatment screen their embryos... Read more
Ethics group demands Spanish Television correct report on objecting parents
The organization Professionals for Ethics has sent a letter to Spanish Television (TVE) demanding it correct a report that claimed... Read more
Archbishop calls for end to electoral violence in El Salvador
Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador has issued a strong call asking Salvadorans to stop the wave of... Read more
Judge prevents pregnant mother from being abandoned
Judge Sivanildo Torres Ferreira of Paraiba, Brazil ordered that prenatal care be guaranteed for a woman and her unborn child,... Read more
Bolivian bishop denies challenging officials to attend traditional Te Deum
Bishop Jesus Juarez of El Alto in Bolivia denied reports this week that he had challenged the government to attend... Read more
