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Holy See reports best financial news in eight years

Jul 11, 2006

Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani, president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, has announced that while several... Read more

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Fellay re-elected to lead Society of Saint Pius X

Jul 11, 2006

Yesterday, the Society of Saint Pius X re-elected Bishop Bernard Fellay as their superior, at their headquarters in Econe, Switzerland.  Read more

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Milingo appears in Washington promoting married clergy

Jul 11, 2006

Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, the erratic, retired Zambian archbishop who joined the Rev. Moon cult in 2001 appeared in Washington, D.C.... Read more

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Franciscan convent to be built at site of Nazi concentration camp

Jul 10, 2006

The Diocese of Osnabrück in Germany has announced it is building a convent on the site of the Nazi concentration... Read more

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Madrid cardinal calls Zapatero’s no-show at papal Mass “minor issue” compared to massive turnout of the faithful

Jul 10, 2006

Speaking on the Spanish radio network COPE-which is affiliated with the Bishops’ Conference of Spain-Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela expressed... Read more

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One-sixth of all Polish priests serving in missions

Jul 10, 2006

Some four thousand Polish priests - nearly one-sixth of the entire number of priests ordained for the country - are... Read more

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Argentinean archbishop calls exclusion of God from public arena an impediment to progress

Jul 10, 2006

As Argentineans celebrated the country’s Independence Day on July 9, Archbishop Domingo Castagna of Corrientes called on Argentineans to thank... Read more

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Liberal Christianity is disintegrating, says Catholic columnist

Jul 10, 2006

Liberal Christianity is disintegrating and it is evident in the accelerated fragmentation of the Episcopal Church USA, says Charlotte Allen,... Read more

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Pope departs for summer holiday

Jul 10, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI begins his 18-day summer holiday in the Italian Alps today.  Read more

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Pope urges African Catholics to praise God in ‘authentic African voice’

Jul 10, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI urged African Catholics to praise God with an authentically African voice and to ensure that the faithful... Read more

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Students walk across US, encounter a country which is pro-life

Jul 10, 2006

For the twelfth summer in a row, three teams of college students from throughout America are walking along three separate... Read more

Lombardi replaces Navarro-Valls at Vatican press office

Jul 10, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J. as the new Director of the Holy See Press Office.  Fr.... Read more

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Priest donates kidney to ailing parishioner

Jul 10, 2006

Last Thursday, Patricia Sanchez, a 60-year old mother of four received a new kidney during a successful transplant in Birmingham... Read more

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Newly appointed archbishop says Jesus must be announced in midst of secular world

Jul 10, 2006

The Holy Father, today, appointed Bishop Jose Antonio Eguren Anselmi S.V.C., Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru, as metropolitan Archbishop of... Read more

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Statistics not equal to moral law, warns Mexican archbishop

Jul 9, 2006

Archbishop Carlos Emilio Berlie Belaunzaran of the Yucatan reminded Mexicans this week that moral law does not originate in statistics... Read more

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Cardinal Dzwisz recalls John Paul II as the “Pope of the family”

Jul 9, 2006

During his participation at the International Theological Pastoral Conference at the World Meeting of Families in Valencia last week, Cardinal... Read more

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Cardinal Re: Faith is greatest inheritance parents can leave their children

Jul 9, 2006

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, said... Read more

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Archbishop calls for attention to battling poverty rather than military buildup

Jul 9, 2006

The president of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Ubaldo Santana of Maracaibo, has warned that the country is investing too... Read more

St. Louis Archbishop appointed to Church’s highest court

Jul 9, 2006

On Saturday the Holy See announced that Archbishop Raymond Burke of the Archdiocese of St. Louis has been appointed to... Read more

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Church of England says women bishops are ‘theologically justified’

Jul 9, 2006

The Church of England voted by a large majority on Saturday, that the ordination of women as bishops is "consonant... Read more