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Socialists and green party lawmakers grant rights to apes not enjoyed by humans

Jun 27, 2008

The civil rights watchdog website HazteOir.org reported this week that Spain’s Socialist Party and the Green Party of Catalonia have... Read more

Archbishop Raymond Burke

Archbishop Burke appointed to head Vatican ‘Supreme Court’

Jun 27, 2008

Today the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke as prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.  The... Read more

Cardinal Agostino Vallini / Cardinal Camillo Ruini

Pope praises Card. Ruini for missionary spirit, welcomes Card. Vallini as vicar

Jun 27, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI brought together around 400 people from the Diocese of Rome on Friday to thank Cardinal Camillo Ruini... Read more

CNA

Gov. Schwarzenegger commits to 20 daily rosaries to help pass health care plan

Jun 27, 2008

Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke to a meeting of the Catholic Healthcare Association (CHA) in San Diego on Monday... Read more

Bishop Victor Galeone

Florida bishops ask governor to stop state executions

Jun 27, 2008

The archbishops and bishops of Florida have delivered a letter to Florida Governor Charlie Crist urging him to stop executions... Read more

Anglican Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi

Conference preparing declaration on state of Anglican Communion

Jun 27, 2008

At a press conference on Thursday, Kenyan Anglican Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi gave an update on a statement assessing the state... Read more

China to permit limited Bible distribution at Olympics

Jun 26, 2008

The Chinese government has said it will permit booklets of the Gospels, New Testaments, and full Bibles to be distributed... Read more

CNA

African-American coalition marches on RNC and DNC headquarters to protest Planned Parenthood

Jun 26, 2008

A coalition of African-American pastors and other pro-lifers marched on the headquarters of both major American political parties in Washington... Read more

Msgr. Guido Marini

Pope’s ancient ornaments and vestments underscore continuity in the liturgy

Jun 26, 2008

The Vatican’s Master of Papal Liturgical Ceremonies, Msgr. Guido Marini explained that the distinct ancient liturgical ornaments and vestments being... Read more

Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos / Bishop Bernard Fellay

Bishop Fellay rejects Vatican conditions for reconciling split

Jun 26, 2008

Bishop Bernard Fellay, the leader of the Society of St. Pius X, has rejected the terms offered by the Vatican... Read more

CNA

Andalusia euthanasia law unnecessary, expert warns

Jun 26, 2008

Joaquin Fernandez Crehuet, professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Malaga in Spain, warned this week... Read more

CNA

Church in Cuba questions government’s promotion of homosexuality on the island

Jun 26, 2008

The Archdiocese of Havana’s magazine, Palabra Nueva, has published an article questioning the Cuban government’s promotion of homosexuality through norms... Read more

CNA

41,000 objections to Education for Citizenship registered in Spain

Jun 26, 2008

The organization Professionals for Ethics reported this week that at the conclusion of the 2007-08 school year, more than 41,000... Read more

Cardinal Jorge Urosa

Cardinal Urosa warns Venezuelans not to use Mass for political aims

Jun 26, 2008

Cardinal Jorge Urosa of Caracas, and his auxiliary bishops, have warned against using the Mass for political purposes and declared... Read more

CNA

Benedict XVI calls for openness to Church education in Gabon

Jun 26, 2008

This morning in the Vatican, the Pope received the Letters of Credence of Firmin Mboutsou, the new ambassador of Gabon... Read more

Pope encourages the Church's efforts to promote marriage in Honduras

Jun 26, 2008

Thursday morning saw Pope Benedict receive bishops from Honduras as they completed their “ad limina” visit. The Pontiff exhorted the... Read more

CNA

Conference to discuss promotion of human life and dignity in the ‘New Evangelization’

Jun 26, 2008

Pro-life leaders will join physicians, ethicists and experts in family life and social justice issues for a July convocation in... Read more

CNA

Deal Hudson says Catholics don’t know the real Obama

Jun 26, 2008

Deal W. Hudson, a Catholic political analyst, has criticized Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, for his... Read more

CNA

International Catholic Organizations conference dissolves to join new NGO forum

Jun 26, 2008

The Conference of the International Catholic Organizations, meeting at an extraordinary General Assembly on June 19, has voted to dissolve... Read more

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi

Vatican representative urges U.N. to take stronger action to help refugees

Jun 26, 2008

Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, the apostolic nuncio leading the Holy See’s permanent observer mission to the United Nations at Geneva,... Read more