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Pro-marriage Hispanics to rally at Democratic National Convention

Feb 14, 2008

Key Latino leaders will rally at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver later this year in support of a... Read more

Bishop Aguiar Retes, President of the Mexican Bishops' Conference

Mexican bishops call drug traffickers to conversion

Feb 14, 2008

In a statement released for the season of Lent, the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico called for the season of conversion... Read more

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UCLA researchers confirm new stem cell breakthrough

Feb 14, 2008

U.S. scientists have reprogrammed human skin cells into cells with characteristics similar to those of embryonic stem cells, confirming the... Read more

Cardinals Desmond Connell and Seán Brady (l to r)

Cardinal Brady intervened in Irish sex abuse documents dispute, reports say

Feb 13, 2008

The retired Archbishop of Dublin withdrew his objections to disclosing sexual abuse documents to a government inquiry after being visited... Read more

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“Terri’s Day” to help disabled in memory of Terri Schiavo

Feb 13, 2008

The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation and Priests for Life have established March 31 as “Terri’s Day” to mark the death... Read more

Bishop Michele Pennisi

Sicilian bishop braves Mafia death threats

Feb 13, 2008

A Sicilian bishop who refused to celebrate the funeral Mass of a mafia boss is under police protection after receiving... Read more

Pope Pius IX

Historian reveals how Pius IX decided to proclaim dogma of Immaculate Conception

Feb 13, 2008

In an article published by L’Osservatore Romano, Italian historian Francesco Guglietta, an expert on the life of Pius IX, revealed... Read more

Bella screening in UK by Knights of Columbus

Feb 13, 2008

Members of St. George Council 14233 in East Anglia, U.K., sponsored a screening of the movie “Bella” at the Royal... Read more

Archbishop José Gomez and Sen. Hillary Clinton

San Antonio archbishop not happy about Hillary’s Catholic college visit

Feb 13, 2008

Archbishop José Gomez is speaking out against a planned campaign visit by Sen. Hillary Clinton to a Catholic university in... Read more

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Cardinal Ortega: John Paul II’s visit improved relations with Cuban State

Feb 13, 2008

In statements to the state-run television, the Archbishop of Havana, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, said the visit by John Paul II... Read more

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Catholics continue to back McCain

Feb 13, 2008

As the Potomac region’s votes are finalized, results are showing that John McCain continues to win the votes of Catholics and... Read more

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politicians promote more restrictive abortion laws in election campaign

Feb 13, 2008

Italy’s election campaign features a call for a moratorium on abortion and a prominent journalist announcing his pro-life parliamentary candidacy,... Read more

Critics claim radio program on school buses is dangerous for kids

Feb 13, 2008

A radio show delivered exclusively to school children riding the bus to and from school has drawn sharp criticism from... Read more

Vatican tightens standards for sainthood

Feb 13, 2008

The Vatican will advise bishops around the world this next week to bemore rigorous in their selection of the candidates... Read more

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Dutch Catholics label Lent the “Christian Ramadan” to encourage self-denial

Feb 13, 2008

Saying that many Holland residents are unfamiliar with Lent and its practices of self-denial, some Dutch Catholics are calling the... Read more

New documentary advocates strong families to avert “demographic winter”

Feb 12, 2008

Filmmakers announced at a National Press Club press conference on Tuesday a “groundbreaking” documentary that addresses the problems of population... Read more

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Cardinal Vanhoye: Spiritual Exercises necessary for renewal of Christian vocation

Feb 12, 2008

In an interview with the Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, former secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and... Read more

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Archbishop says Chavez should stay out of elections in El Salvador

Feb 12, 2008

Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador has called on the country’s leaders to prevent other countries from interfering in... Read more

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Living together is a pagan way of preparing for marriage, says Cardinal Dziwisz

Feb 12, 2008

The Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, expressed concern this week over the marriage crisis that is affecting Polish society... Read more

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Catholics should give reasons why life must be defended, says Brazilian cardinal

Feb 12, 2008

During the International Congress in Defense of Life in Aparecida, Brazil, the Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer,... Read more