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World Catholic population sees increase of 1.1%
According to statistics from the 2006 edition of the Annuario Pontificio, the official Vatican yearbook, the world’s Catholic population grew... Read more
Spanish bishops decries new law on assisted reproduction
In an interview with the Archdiocese of Madrid’s news service Analisis Digital, the president of the Spanish Bishops’ Subcommittee on... Read more
Catholic Charities in Bolivia launches emergency plan to assist flood victims
Catholic Charities in Bolivia is preparing to launch an emergency assistance program to help the more than 9,000 people affected... Read more
New martyrs memorial unveiled in Kazakhstan
The Apostolic delegate for Greek-Catholics in Kazakhstan and Middle Asia, Fr. Vasyl Hovera, announced recently the unveiling of a new... Read more
Religious respect the only road to peace, fraternity for peoples of faith and good will, Pope tells Moroccan diplomat
Earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI met with Ali Achour, Morocco’s new ambassador to the Holy See, with whom he stressed... Read more
Pope calls on African bishops to build harmony, evangelization and priestly formation, tells to be ‘sure points of reference for your people’
Earlier this morning, Pope Benedict met with prelates from the Catholic Bishops Conference of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau... Read more
Paralyzed by sin, man needs the mercy of God, says Pope
Reflecting on Jesus’ miracles of physical healing, which are being described in the Sunday Gospel readings during the coming weeks,... Read more
Pope presented with yearly report on the state of the Church
On Saturday, the Holy See’s Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano presented Pope Benedict XVI with the Vatican’s annual report... Read more
Union with Christ, commitment to sacraments and truth most important to ministry of permanent deacons, says Pope
On Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI met with some 400 permanent deacons from around Rome, telling them that they have a... Read more
Catholic League president denounces hypocrisy in treatment of Cartoons in University.
Catholic League president William Donohue, decried the suspensions of the editor-in-chief and the opinions page editor of the Daily Illini,... Read more
South Dakota takes one more step toward banning abortion
The South Dakota Senate State Affairs Committee passed legislation Feb. 17 that will ban abortion in the state. HB 1215... Read more
Catholic-Buddhist dialogue continues
Buddhists and Christians learned more about their most basic, if contrasting, convictions and agreed to develop more collaborative social justice... Read more
JustFaith program ‘transforms’ lives, emphasizes Catholic social teaching
Dozens of Portland-area Catholics are following a new program, which has been transforming lives through the social teachings of the... Read more
New York Appellate Court rejects same-sex marriage
New York’s second highest court ruled Feb. 16 that same-sex couples have no right to a marriage license under existing... Read more
Women's Cancer Deaths Up, Men's Down -- Women's Group Berates American Cancer Society
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, a women's group, is aiming critics against the American Cancer Society (ACS) today because women's... Read more
Vatican confirms the appointment of Elias Shakur as Archbishop of the Greek-Catholic Melkite Church
The Vatican and the Catholic Bishops' Synod appointed on February 7, for the first time an Israeli citizen to preside over... Read more
Apostolic Nuncio exhorts Mexicans to vote responsibly
While participating in the installation of Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Villegas Aguilar of the Archdiocese of Michoacan and asked about the... Read more
Investigation into murder of Mexican cardinal re-opened
The Supreme Court of the Mexican state of Jalisco has nullified the sentences of 13 individuals involved in the killing... Read more
Peruvian bishop argues science has not disproved abortifacient effect of morning after pill
In response to statements by some congressional and presidential candidates in Peru regarding the distribution of the morning after pill,... Read more
Spokesman for Spanish bishops slams new law on assisted reproduction
Reacting to passage of a new law on assisted reproduction by Spain’s House of Representatives, which would allow genetic selection,... Read more
