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Pope Benedict to vacation in Australia before World Youth Day
This July, Pope Benedict XVI will spend three extra days resting in Australia before heading to Sydney for World Youth... Read more
Isabel of Spain: Worthy of Canonization, Christendom College Founder Carroll Says
Christendom College’s Founding President Dr. Warren H. Carroll delivered a lecture entitled, Isabel of Spain: The Catholic Queen to the... Read more
Bishop Quinn to hold memorial Mass for 25 aborted babies
On Saturday Bishop of Detroit John Quinn will offer a funeral Mass for twenty-five babies whose bodies were recovered from... Read more
Zimbabwe presidential election to continue in runoff
After long delays, the electoral body of Zimbabwe said on Friday that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won more votes than... Read more
Academy of Social Sciences examining globalization to combat negative effects
Beginning today, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences is meeting to study how to overcome the negative effects of globalization... Read more
Holy Father appoints bishop of the Eparchy of Saskatoon
Today Pope Benedict appointed Fr. Byran Bayda as bishop of the Eparchy of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians. The bishop-elect will... Read more
Fr. Lombardi ‘happy’ that Pope is not on Time’s 100 Most Influential list
As it does every year, Time magazine has released its list of the world’s 100 most influential people and this... Read more
School education should be founded upon the truth about man, cardinal says
Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera of Toledo spoke out on school education this week saying that, it should be founded upon... Read more
‘Fear of fertility is an evil that dehumanizes us,’ says Mexican archbishop
During celebrations marking the International Day of the Child, Archbishop Chavez Botello of Antequera-Oaxaca said having children should not be... Read more
Secularist currents in Latin America coming from Spain, says lay Catholic leader
A prominent lay Catholic in Spain who was recently named to the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Lola Velarde, said... Read more
Pope Benedict accepts resignation of St. Paul and Minneapolis archbishop
Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation of Archbishop Harry J. Flynn from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis... Read more
Arizona bishops encourage ‘right of conscience’ in health care
In a Pastoral Statement released yesterday, the bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference encouraged a deeper respect for people’s freedom... Read more
Offer Cuban society the only true hope: Jesus Christ, Pope tells bishops
Every five years a group of Cuban bishops travel to visit with the Pope and to visit the tomb of... Read more
FSSP to distribute free copies of new Latin Mass DVD
The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), in cooperation with EWTN, will soon release an instructional video on the 1962... Read more
Fiancée of British royal abandons Catholicism to preserve succession
A woman engaged to a member of the British royal family has renounced her Catholic faith to maintain her fiancée’s... Read more
Episcopalian diocese sues new Anglicans for real estate
A former Episcopalian diocese that left the denomination to join the Anglican jurisdiction of the Southern Cone is now being... Read more
Vatican affirms miraculous healing attributed to Bl. Father Damien
The Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints has ruled that a Hawaiian woman’s cure from cancer was a miracle... Read more
Destructive fire burns hermitage of John Michael Talbot
The common center and chapel buildings at the hermitage of the musician John Michael Talbot burned to the ground on... Read more
New seminary in Havana will form more than 100 seminarians
The Italian news agency SIR has reported that more than 100 seminarians will be able to study in the new... Read more
United Methodists uphold stance on traditional marriage
Yesterday the United Methodist General Conference delegates affirmed not only that marriage is between a man and a woman but... Read more
