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First American Catholic cathedral reopens
The first Roman Catholic cathedral built in the United States reopened to the public in Baltimore Saturday after undergoing a... Read more
Nazi concentration camp unveils monument to Catholic priests killed in Holocaust
A new stone sculpture was unveiled in Germany this weekend to commemorate the many Catholic priests and monks killed in... Read more
Catholic League says Denver Archdiocese subject of witch hunt
Catholic League president William Donohue says the request that the Archdiocese of Denver release all church documents related to sexually... Read more
Vatican opposes Saddam’s death sentence
Vatican officials said Sunday that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein should not be put to death, even though he has... Read more
Archbishop Myers speaks out on New Jersey marriage ruling
Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, New Jersey has issued a letter in response to the New Jersey Supreme Court’s... Read more
Israeli-Palestinian must still be solved for good of world, Pope’s UN rep. says
In comments offered Thursday, regarding the United Nation’s Report on Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic... Read more
Fundamental questions of mankind unanswerable without God, Pope says at Gregorian University
Pope Benedict XVI spoke this morning at the Pontifical Gregorian University, which was founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola and... Read more
Nude photo shoot at cathedral draws ire of Colombian bishop
Bishop Ramon Dario Molina of Neiva expressed disgust this week over a photographer who managed to sneak past security shoot... Read more
Ecuadorian bishops urging opposition to pro-abortion law
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador, Bishop Nestor Herrera, has called on Ecuadorians to prevent a new anti-life... Read more
Bishop calls on Argentinean senators not to ratify anti-life UN protocol
Bishop Baldomero Carlos Martini of San Justo called on Argentinean senators this week not to ratify the controversial and pro-abortion... Read more
Immigration of Christians to some Arab countries on the rise
While the population of Christians in some Middle Eastern countries, such as Lebanon, is dropping at a dramatic rate, a... Read more
Archbishop, young man attribute miracle to John Paul II
A young Italian man cured of lung cancer has attributed his full recovery to the miraculous intervention of the late... Read more
Top Anglican bishop to meet with Pope
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will meet with Pope Benedict XVI on Nov. 23 to mark the 40th anniversary of... Read more
Turkish man shoots at Italian consulate to protest Papal visit
A young man was arrested yesterday after firing three shots into the air in front of the Italian consulate in... Read more
Students show surprising support for parental notification bill
A large number of students surprised pundits by voting in support of Proposition 85, the parental-notification-before-abortion measure, in an Oct.... Read more
Cardinal Hummes sees higher standards in seminaries and "personal" evangelization efforts as challenges
Cardinal Claudio Hummes, chosen this week by Pope Benedict XVI as Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, considers the institution... Read more
Marxist analysis of the faith leads to atheism and armed revolution, Cardinal Hummes says
The new Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, explained that a Marxist analysis (or view) of... Read more
Catholic aid organization to help with translation of Pope’s addresses to Arabic
Catholic aid organization, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), has announced it will provide financial assistance for an effort... Read more
Historic cathedral to reopen after major two-year renovation
An historic Catholic cathedral, the first built in the United States after the signing of the Constitution, will reopen this... Read more
Cloning an affront to human dignity, Cardinal Pell says
Cardinal George Pell is urging Catholics to lobby senators to vote down a bill that would legalize therapeutic cloning, calling... Read more
