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Forty Days for Life participants celebrate abortion clinic rollbacks
Participants in the 40 Days for Life prayer vigils to end abortion are celebrating the closure of a New York... Read more
Former guerillas and paramilitaries leave Cathedral of Bogota
After several hours occupying the Cathedral of Bogota on Thursday, some 250 guerilla fighters and paramilitary groups have left the... Read more
Government forces take historic Catholic shrine from rebels
Sri Lankan government troops have taken an historic Catholic church from the Tamil Tiger rebels after the latest battle in... Read more
Devotees flock by the thousands to view Padre Pio's body
Thousands of devotees of the Italian mystic St. Padre Pio gathered at his shrine to see his exhumed body, which... Read more
Brazilian bishop says Church did not encourage missing priest to take balloon flight
Bishop Joao Alves Dos Santos of Paranagua said this week the Church warned Father Adelir de Carli, who disappeared last... Read more
Pope brought America new perceptions and challenging ideas, says George Weigel
As Pope Benedict XVI’s presence and words linger with Americans, George Weigel is offering his analysis of last week’s trip in... Read more
Papal visit triggers “tsunami” of New York seminary applications
St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers, New York, has received dozens of applications following Pope Benedict’s visit, the New York Daily... Read more
Yoko Ono sues “Expelled” filmmakers over critique of Lennon’s “Imagine”
Yoko Ono, the widow of Beatles singer and songwriter John Lennon, has with several others filed several lawsuits challenging the... Read more
WYD Cross draws thousands in Melbourne
Anticipation of World Youth Day is continuing to build as is evidenced by a crowd of 2,500 for the handing over of... Read more
Pope Benedict to deliver homily at International Eucharistic Congress
At a press conference held on April 24, Cardinal Marc Ouellet extended an invitation to the public to attend the... Read more
Plan-B supporters detonate homemade explosives at Chilean university
A group called the Insurrectionalist Federation has claimed responsibility for an attack on the University of Los Andes in Santiago,... Read more
Music infuses hope into the human soul, says Pope Benedict
This week the Italians took their turn at showing their affection and respect for the Pope by hosting a classical... Read more
Parents to purchase New Hampshire Catholic school from religious order
A Catholic religious order has announced that it will sell one of its New Hampshire primary schools to a group... Read more
Pope’s message to Russian people warmly received
Many Russians warmly received Pope Benedict XVI’s message to the Russian people, which was delivered in an April 16 broadcast... Read more
Trio of singing N. Ireland priests signs million-dollar record deal
Three Catholic priests from Northern Ireland have signed a recording contract worth nearly $2 million for the music giant Sony... Read more
Nancy Pelosi criticized for using false “environmentalist” Bible quotation
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is facing criticism for repeatedly attributing an incorrect quotation to the Book of Isaiah that... Read more
Congressman praises abstinence education, decries CDC-approved curriculum
Representative Bill Sali (R-Idaho) on Wednesday spoke during a U.S. House hearing on abstinence-only government programs, saying such programs were... Read more
Archbishop calls on Mexicans to prepare for fourth National Eucharistic Congress
Archbishop Alberto Suarez Inda of Morelia has invited Mexicans to prepare well for the upcoming 4th National Eucharistic Congress to... Read more
Mexicans to light 7000 candles for unborn outside Legislative Assembly
The National Pro-Life Committee in Mexico says that it will light 7,194 candles on April 24 outside the Legislative Assembly... Read more
Work must be done to keep Christians from leaving Iraq, says bishop
Speaking to the SIR news agency, Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad said this week, “I am pleased to hear... Read more
