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Cardinal O’Malley laments president-elect’s ‘deplorable’ abortion record

Nov 12, 2008

The Archbishop of Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley has commented on the results of the 2008 election, comparing Sen. Barack... Read more

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Honor Roll lists top U.S. Catholic high schools

Nov 12, 2008

The National Catholic High School Honor Roll has announced its fifth selection of the best 50 Catholic secondary schools in... Read more

California parental notification campaign was outspent 11 to 1

Nov 12, 2008

Backers of California’s Proposition 4, which would have required the notification of at least one adult family member for an... Read more

New book offers novena based on Mother Teresa’s writings

Nov 11, 2008

As a follow-up to last year's New York Times bestseller, “Come Be My Light,” Doubleday has released a new book... Read more

Cardinal Roger Mahony

Cardinal Mahony praises success of Prop. 8’s ‘unprecedented coalition’

Nov 11, 2008

Archbishop of Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony has issued a statement following the electoral victory of Proposition 8. Its passage,... Read more

Auxiliary Bishop Roger Morin of New Orleans

Catholic bishops cut all funding to ACORN

Nov 11, 2008

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) has not yet been able to determine if grants made to ACORN were... Read more

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Cardinal Cipriani reiterates: it’s not enough just to be ‘good people’

Nov 11, 2008

The Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, said this week “the family is a gift from God” and that... Read more

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Argentinean archbishop says politicians need to dare to speak the truth

Nov 11, 2008

Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata has called on Argentineans not to be fooled into thinking that in order to... Read more

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U.S. bishops approve new blessing for unborn children

Nov 11, 2008

Children in the womb will now be able to receive a blessing from their parish priests following an overwhelming vote... Read more

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Excessive budget cuts show government’s lack of interest in the family, says paper

Nov 11, 2008

The Spanish weekly, “Alba,” reported this week that excessive budget cuts of more than $62 million from programs for families... Read more

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Catholic bishops express solidarity with those caught in financial squeeze

Nov 11, 2008

Speaking for all of the U.S. Catholic bishops, Cardinal Francis George issued a statement today on the economic situation. In... Read more

Pope to participate in World Meeting of Families in Mexico via satellite

Nov 11, 2008

The president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, announced this week that during the World Meeting... Read more

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Vatican hosts conference on protecting children from diseases

Nov 11, 2008

Helping children in danger from disease and exploitation was the focus of a press conference held by Cardinal Javier Lozano... Read more

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Vatican analyst delivers harsh criticism of Cardinal Martini's anti-Benedict XVI book

Nov 11, 2008

Vatican analyst Sandro Magister of the Italian web magazine L’Espresso will publish an extensive critique on Wednesday of the controversial... Read more

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Obama transition team prepares to axe pro-life funding rules

Nov 11, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is preparing the first actions of his presidency, planning to lift embryonic stem cell research... Read more

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Two nuns kidnapped in Kenya amid tribal violence

Nov 11, 2008

Conflict between the Murulle and Garre Somali clans near the Kenya-Somali border has killed at least twenty people and has... Read more

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Victim of abortion: 'We cry without tears and we scream without a voice' at abortion clinics

Nov 10, 2008

The author of the book, “I Aborted,” Esperanza Puente, said during a press conference last week that abortion clinics are... Read more

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Professors and activities at Catholic schools helped Obama win, group claims

Nov 10, 2008

The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) is claiming that several outspoken professors and political activities on Catholic university campuses helped Sen.... Read more

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Prop. 8 supporters suffer harassment, assaults from homosexual activists

Nov 10, 2008

Supporters of California’s Proposition 8 are reporting harassment and even violent assaults from opponents protesting the passage of the ballot... Read more

USCCB President Cardinal Francis George

Obama was elected on the economy, not on values issues, Cardinal George says

Nov 10, 2008

Early on Monday afternoon, Cardinal Francis George held a press conference where he spoke about how the U.S. bishops will... Read more