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Volunteers for World Meeting of Families include 84 year-old woman
The AVAN news agency is reporting that an 84 year-old widow and mother of two is the oldest volunteer for... Read more
Spanish television channel publicizing boycott of the Pope demands rights to broadcast papal visit
Organizers of next July’s World Meeting of Families, which will be attended by Pope Benedict XVI, have expressed dismay over... Read more
World conference in Rome to address stem cell use in therapeutic research
The International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations and the Pontifical Academy for Life will hold a World Meeting on the... Read more
US bishops support congressional resolutions denouncing Chinese ordinations
Bishop Thomas Wenski has urged the Bush Administration to communicate to Chinese authorities the impact the unauthorized ordination of two... Read more
Catechists trained to use computer-based faith-education program
A new computer-based faith-education program for children unlocks a different Gospel story each month - linking Sunday Mass readings to... Read more
Don’t expect endorsement of the Church, Nicaraguan archbishop tells political candidates
Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes of Managua has asked the country’s presidential candidates to refrain from pressuring the Church for an endorsement... Read more
Court decision allowing Muslim course in public schools is ‘double standard’
The Thomas More Law Center has requested the United States Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’... Read more
Pope speaks on the Primacy of Peter
Pope Benedict spoke today on the foundation of the Catholic Church upon the rock represented by St. Peter the Apostle,... Read more
Young must see in the Church a friend, not an obstacle, Pope says
The Church and its teaching must be presented to the youth as a friend and not as an obstacle to... Read more
New Vatican document reiterates marriage as the only appropriate place for human procreation
The family is the only natural and truly human context for procreation. That is the core message of a document... Read more
Three new auxiliaries for Brooklyn
Pope Benedict XVI has named three new auxiliary bishops for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Read more
Archbishop Chaput asks for support of Federal Marriage Amendment
Archbishop Charles Chaput has urged Catholics to contact their senators and encourage them to vote for the federal amendment. The... Read more
Politicians, vocations on agenda for US bishops’ spring meeting
The relationship between bishops, the Church and politicians will be on the agenda for the spring meeting of the United... Read more
Catholic writer says Paul VI, Humanae Vitae still misrepresented
The notion that the Catholic Church retained the ban on artificial birth control in 1968 because it was afraid that... Read more
Paraguayan archbishop cautions against superstitious beliefs in 666
In response to the wave of superstition that has resulted from the date 6/6/06, Archbishop Pastor Cuquejo of Asuncion cautioned... Read more
Ruling party in Brazil reaffirms pledge to promote abortion
At its recent national convention, Brazils ruling Worker’s Party reaffirmed its pledge to promote abortion in the country. Read more
“Father Patrick Peyton” Family Center opened in Peru
During a moving ceremony celebrated last weekend, Bishop Norberto Strotmann of Chosica, Peru, official opened the Father Patrick Peyton Family... Read more
Cardinal speaks to UN on AIDS fight
Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, delivered an address to the United Nations... Read more
Massachusetts Gov. asks lawmakers to protect marriage
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has sent a letter to US Senators asking them to vote in favor of a proposed... Read more
Ecuadorian president decrees March 25 Day of The Unborn Child
President Alfredo Palacio Gonzalez of Ecuador has issued a decree establishing March 25 as the Day of the Unborn Child. Read more
