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Knights of Columbus call for public defense of marriage and human life
Nearing the close of their 126th Supreme Convention in Quebec City on Thursday, the Knights of Columbus approved resolutions calling... Read more
Conference teaches dioceses to become better financial stewards
Participants from 21 dioceses in the United States and four countries gathered in Colorado Springs for a conference to discuss... Read more
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V-chip ratings mislabel increasingly anti-marriage television shows, report says
A study of broadcast network television prime time shows reports that depictions of or references to marital sex are either... Read more
HLI president condemns death threats targeting Ecuadoran pro-lifers
Human Life International's president, Father Thomas J. Euteneur, on Friday condemned death threats made against Archbishop of Guayaquil Antonio Arregui... Read more
Vacations should include time for cultivating the spirit, says Spanish bishop
Bishop Vicente Jimenez of Santander said summer vacations should be dedicated to cultivating and enriching the spirit and not only... Read more
Chinese bishop explains reasons for participating in Olympic opening ceremonies
Coadjutor Bishop John Tong Hon of Hong Kong explained this week why he decided to accept “with ambivalent sentiments” the... Read more
Crash of charter bus carrying Catholic pilgrims kills at least 14 in Texas
At least 14 people died and 40 people were injured when a charter bus carrying a Vietnamese Catholic group to... Read more
Archbishop goes to pray for robber instead of calling police
Archbishop Jose Dosado of Ozamiz in the Philippines was headed from his house to the Cathedral to pray early Friday morning,... Read more
Paraguayan bishops call on new president to defend right to life and the family
In an official statement published on Wednesday, the Paraguayan Bishops’ Conference called on the government of former bishop Fernando Lugo,... Read more
Breakaway St. Louis church to elect new board members
Parishioners at the breakaway parish of St. Stanislaus Kostka in St. Louis will elect six new board members this weekend... Read more
Laity asks president of Ecuador to take back his comments against the Church
The Ecuadoran Council of Lay Catholics has called on the country’s president, Rafael Correa, to tone down his rhetoric against... Read more
All in Spain must make a commitment to WYD 2011, says cardinal
The president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela explained that the next World Youth Day,... Read more
Christian group detained twice in Beijing after human rights, pro-life protests
As the opening of the Olympic Games nears, three Christian activists protesting on behalf of religious freedom and human rights... Read more
Catholics to make 57-mile pilgrimage to Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
On Thursday morning American Catholics began their version of a centuries-old Polish pilgrimage with a 6 am Mass in Great... Read more
Oslo researchers confirm link between abortion and depression
A study conducted by researchers from the University of Oslo, Blinderen in Norway confirmed that women who have abortions in... Read more
Italian clergy to use inflatable church to minister to beachgoers
Catholic nuns and priests in Italy have established a 98-foot-long inflatable church and a beach-convent to minister to vacationing beachgoers.... Read more
Popular Sri Lankan Catholic festival canceled due to government-rebel fighting
A popular annual festival at a historic Catholic church near the front lines of Sri Lanka’s civil war has been... Read more
Cardinal Re recalls testimony and fruitful legacy of Paul VI
The prefect for the Congregation for Bishops, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, presided at a Mass today at St. Peter’s Basilica,... Read more
Wichita priest to bring new spiritual direction to the diocesan Spiritual Life Center
God’s voice isn’t always easy to recognize, especially when it comes in a whisper, or in the form of silence.... Read more
Holy Land conflict needs courageous leaders and gestures, says new patriarch
Just five weeks after being installed as the new Patriarch of the Latin Church in Jerusalem, His Beatitude Fouad Twal... Read more
