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Archbishop José Gomez and Sen. Hillary Clinton

San Antonio archbishop not happy about Hillary’s Catholic college visit

Feb 13, 2008

Archbishop José Gomez is speaking out against a planned campaign visit by Sen. Hillary Clinton to a Catholic university in... Read more

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Cardinal Ortega: John Paul II’s visit improved relations with Cuban State

Feb 13, 2008

In statements to the state-run television, the Archbishop of Havana, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, said the visit by John Paul II... Read more

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Catholics continue to back McCain

Feb 13, 2008

As the Potomac region’s votes are finalized, results are showing that John McCain continues to win the votes of Catholics and... Read more

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politicians promote more restrictive abortion laws in election campaign

Feb 13, 2008

Italy’s election campaign features a call for a moratorium on abortion and a prominent journalist announcing his pro-life parliamentary candidacy,... Read more

Critics claim radio program on school buses is dangerous for kids

Feb 13, 2008

A radio show delivered exclusively to school children riding the bus to and from school has drawn sharp criticism from... Read more

Vatican tightens standards for sainthood

Feb 13, 2008

The Vatican will advise bishops around the world this next week to bemore rigorous in their selection of the candidates... Read more

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Dutch Catholics label Lent the “Christian Ramadan” to encourage self-denial

Feb 13, 2008

Saying that many Holland residents are unfamiliar with Lent and its practices of self-denial, some Dutch Catholics are calling the... Read more

New documentary advocates strong families to avert “demographic winter”

Feb 12, 2008

Filmmakers announced at a National Press Club press conference on Tuesday a “groundbreaking” documentary that addresses the problems of population... Read more

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Cardinal Vanhoye: Spiritual Exercises necessary for renewal of Christian vocation

Feb 12, 2008

In an interview with the Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, former secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and... Read more

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Archbishop says Chavez should stay out of elections in El Salvador

Feb 12, 2008

Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador has called on the country’s leaders to prevent other countries from interfering in... Read more

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Living together is a pagan way of preparing for marriage, says Cardinal Dziwisz

Feb 12, 2008

The Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, expressed concern this week over the marriage crisis that is affecting Polish society... Read more

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Catholics should give reasons why life must be defended, says Brazilian cardinal

Feb 12, 2008

During the International Congress in Defense of Life in Aparecida, Brazil, the Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer,... Read more

Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins

Sale of relics “unacceptable business,” says Vatican cardinal

Feb 12, 2008

The prefect for the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, said this week the sale... Read more

Fr. James E. Grummer S.J.

Superior General of Jesuits selects his American assistant

Feb 12, 2008

The Jesuits’ Father General, Adolfo Nicolás S.J., announced the names of his ten Regional Assistants during the meeting of the... Read more

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Pope Benedict praises the dignity of women

Feb 12, 2008

On Saturday morning Pope Benedict XVI received participants in an international congress on the theme: “Woman and man, the ‘humanum’... Read more

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Benedict XVI appoints coadjutor bishop of Lancaster, England

Feb 12, 2008

Today the Holy Father appointed Fr. Michael Gregory Campbell O.S.A. as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Lancaster, England. Read more

American Life League video yanked by YouTube

Feb 12, 2008

On Monday morning, American Life League (ALL) was informed by YouTube that one of its exposé videos on Planned Parenthood... Read more

Catholic officials plan “exorcism center” in Poland

Feb 12, 2008

A retreat center that some have billed as Europe’s only center dedicated to performing exorcisms is being planned to be... Read more

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Philippines bishops endorse “communal action” against government corruption

Feb 12, 2008

Recent exposure of government corruption in the Philippines has prompted the country’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CBCP) to call for non-violent... Read more

Cardinal Desmond Connell

Irish cardinal ends legal dispute over sex abuse documents

Feb 12, 2008

Cardinal Desmond Connell, former archbishop of Dublin, has withdrawn his attempt to prevent a government sexual abuse inquiry from examining... Read more