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Pope encourages Asian bishops to follow in the footsteps of St. Paul
Bishops from the Asian countries of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei met with Pope Benedict at the Vatican on Friday and... Read more
Holy Father receives Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi
Today the Holy Father met with Silvio Berlusconi, the recently elected prime minister of Italy. During their discussion, the two... Read more
Wyoming Catholic College finishes its first year
Wyoming Catholic College’s first freshman class has spent its first year on a deliberately low-tech campus where outdoorsmanship is taught... Read more
Oregon health plan covers assisted suicide, not drugs, for cancer patient
An Oregon woman suffering from lung cancer was notified by the state-run Oregon Health Plan that their policy would not... Read more
Gangs attack Vietnamese protestors in church-government property dispute
Police in the Vietnamese province of Ha Tinh have begun using street and motorcycle gangs to threaten and attack Catholic... Read more
Mugabe backers detain diplomats from U.S. and Britain
A group of British and American diplomats traveling to a meeting with the Zimbabwe opposition was stopped at a roadblock... Read more
Tunic from Divine Child statue stolen from Venezuelan church
A gold embroidered tunic used to decorate a statue of the Divine Child Jesus has been stolen from the Basilica... Read more
Bishops call for stop to implementation of Education for Citizenship
The bishops of the dioceses of Galicia in northern Spain are defending the rights of parents to “determine the moral... Read more
British official punished for refusing to perform homosexual “weddings”
A British civil servant has requested permission from a London labor court to be exempted from celebrating gay “marriages” based... Read more
Sex-ed program violates parents rights, says Argentinean pro-family leader
The president of Worldwide Action of Parliamentarians and Leaders for Life and the Family, Senator Liliana Negre de Alonso, warned... Read more
Cardinal Bertone to visit Catholic Church in Belarus
The Vatican’s Press Office announced today that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will visit Belarus from June 18 – 22. Read more
Bishop Oscar Cantú receives prayerful welcome to San Antonio at vespers, ordination
As Bishop Oscar Cantú prepared to become the youngest Catholic bishop in the United States and San Antonio’s newest auxiliary... Read more
Pope to convene congress on hope for Diocese of Rome
The Diocese of Rome will be gathering for three days this coming week to focus on prayer, action and suffering... Read more
Australian government reconsidering ban on foreign aid funding for abortion
The Australian government is considering overturning a 12-year-old policy prohibiting the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) from funding abortion... Read more
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor shows youth 'pointers to hope'
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster, on Wednesday addressed an international gathering of youth at the opening of the... Read more
Assyrian bishop explains his journey into communion with the Catholic Church
Last month, Bishop Mar Bawai Soro and nearly 1,000 Assyrian Christian families were received into communion with the Chaldean Catholic... Read more
Ontario government has “no confidence” in Toronto Catholic school board
The Province of Ontario has moved to take control of Toronto’s scandal-ridden Catholic District School Board, with the provincial Minister... Read more
Habitat for Humanity affiliate ends cooperation with Planned Parenthood
A Florida Habitat for Humanity affiliate has ceased to cooperate with Planned Parenthood’s attempt to build a new abortion facility... Read more
Four Algerians condemned to prison for converting to Christianity
Four Algerian citizens who converted to Christianity have been condemned to prison and heavy fines, while two others were set... Read more
Police threaten Christians for preaching in Muslim communities in Britain
British police said they will not apologize to two Christian preachers who were threatened with arrest by a Muslim police... Read more
