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Family coalition decries Spanish government’s manipulation of language referring to parents
The Platform for the Promotion of the Family in Spain announced this week it would not remain indifferent in the... Read more
Courage in faith in the face of difficulties in evangelization
During his Lenten meditations for the Roman Curia this week, Cardinal Marco Ce, who is preaching the retreat for Pope... Read more
Catholics in China want to re-establish relations with Vatican, says Hong Kong Bishop Zen.
Increasingly, Catholics in China want to re-establish relations with the Holy See and that the latter is ready to move... Read more
African, European University students to gather with Pope for historic meeting
Tomorrow at the Vatican, some 7,000 university students from around Europe and Africa are scheduled to meet with Pope Benedict... Read more
Pope encourages Latin American Catholic movements to be missionaries to Gospel message
As leaders of new Catholic Communities and lay Movements meet in Bogotá, Colombia this week, Pope Benedict XVI has sent... Read more
Catholics protest bill that would require hospitals to give morning-after pill
Catholics in Connecticut are protesting a bill that would require Catholic hospitals to provide the morning-after pill to rape victims. Read more
US bishops seek to educate about Jesus prior to release of Da Vinci Code film
In an attempt to clear up any confusion about Jesus and Christianity that might emerge with the theatre release of... Read more
Catholic groups urge director to include disclaimer in Da Vinci film
Two Catholic organizations are urging director Ron Howard to include a disclaimer at the beginning of his soon-to-be-released film, based... Read more
Holy See reminds its opposition to an “indigenous church” and to married priesthood in Latin America.
Through a letter sent to the Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (México), Bishop. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, the Holy... Read more
Mexican archbishop denies Church receives money from drug trafficking
Archbishop Emilio Berlie Belaunzaran of Yucatan, Mexico, said this week the Church doesn’t accept money from suspicious sources and that... Read more
Chilean bishop praises women for contribution to Church and humanity
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on Wednesday, the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Chile, Bishop Alejandro Goic,... Read more
New Church movements, communities gather for historic Latin American meeting
Catholic leaders from across Latin America are descending on Bogotá, Columbia this week for the first meeting to discuss Ecclesial... Read more
Don’t neglect rural peoples, but guarantee real development, Vatican representative urges U.N.
On Tuesday, Archbishop Janusz Bolonek, the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio to Uruguay, told members of a United Nations Conference on Agrarian... Read more
Catholic agencies call for funding for humanitarian, development activities
Catholic agencies are urging Congress to support essential funding for urgent humanitarian and development activities around the world as it... Read more
'Choose Life' license plate lawsuit wins in appeals court
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s second attempt to ban the phrase "Choose Life" from... Read more
Christian leaders applaud arrests in Alabama church fires
The Christian Defense Coalition and National Clergy Council have commended federal and state law enforcement for stemming hate crimes against... Read more
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal involving anti-Catholic statue
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal this week involving a constitutional challenge to an anti-Catholic statue. The... Read more
In effort to ‘right past wrongs’, Archdiocese of Dublin publishes massive sexual-abuse report
In what Archbishop Diardmuid Martin calls an effort to actively “right past wrongs”, the Archdiocese of Dublin has published a... Read more
British Church invites visit from Pope Benedict
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, head of the Catholic Conference of Bishops in England and Wales has invited Pope Benedict XVI to... Read more
