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Bolivian president, education minister slam bishops
Bolivian President Evo Morales has joined his Minister of Education, Felix Patzi, in slamming the bishops of Bolivia over massive... Read more
German bishops deplore EU decision to finance research with human embryos
The Bishops’ Conference of Germany issued a statement this week deploring the decision by the European Union to provide funding... Read more
Bishops of Colombia: Life, family, and education are non-negotiables
The bishops of Colombia began their 81st Plenary Assembly this week with a fervent call to prevent the legalization of... Read more
Dominican Republic lawmakers vote down proposal to legalize abortion in new penal code
The House of Representatives of the Dominican Republic has backed away from legalizing abortion in cases of rape in a... Read more
Catholic ethicist explains Church’s support for stem cell research
Fr. Tadeusz Pacholcyzk, director of Education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center, emphatically reiterated, earlier this week, that the Catholic... Read more
Washington Supreme Court rules in favor of Defense of Marriage Act
This morning, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington issued a decision in Andersen v. King County, a consolidated... Read more
100,000 families affected by conflict Lebanon an mounting, warns Catholic aid agency
Today, the German-based Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need, (ACN) described the number of families affected by the... Read more
Pope meets privately with Cardinal Bertone at Les Combes
Pope Benedict XVI, who is on vacation until July 28 in Les Combes in northern Italy, met privately on Tuesday... Read more
Cause for Archbishop Fulton Sheen advances
The process of canonization for Archbishop Fulton Sheen is advancing steadily. Copies of a report on an alleged miracle that... Read more
Denver Archbishop tries to calm immigration nerves, confident U.S. can handle problem
On Monday evening, St. Thomas More parish in the south Denver suburb of Centennial was packed with a standing room... Read more
New church ready for 3,000-member parish in West Virginia
Charles Town, West Virginia, has a new city landmark — St. James Catholic Church — believed to be the largest... Read more
Methodists adopt Catholic-Lutheran declaration on justification
In a historic step on the road toward Christian unity, the World Methodist Conference adopted the Catholic-Lutheran joint declaration on... Read more
EU compromise on funding for embryonic stem-cell research
The European Union has decided that its six-year, $65-billion budget for scientific research and development will not directly fund embryonic... Read more
Church in Mexico ready to mediate post-election conflict, says Cardinal Rivera
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City said this week the Church is willing to help mediate the country’s post-election... Read more
Material from papal altar in Valencia to be used for construction of schools and churches in Peru
The materials that were used to build the papal altar for the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families... Read more
25,000 receiving aid from Caritas Lebanon
In response to the urgent humanitarian crisis brought on by the fighting in the Middle East, Caritas Lebanon has provided... Read more
Pro-Marxist, anti-Catholic groups unite to attack Mexican Bishops
As part of their effort to support the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) in its bid to be declared winner... Read more
Evangelical theologian calls for abandonment of Christianity and return to Bolivia’s “Andean religion”
Protestant theologian, Matias Preisweik, of the Ecumenical Higher Institute has proposed that Bolivia abandon its Christian roots and return to... Read more
Pontifical council to publish document on AIDS
The Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care will soon publish an extensive document on AIDS, according to an announcement by... Read more
EU to vote on future funding for embryonic stem-cell research
Germany and Poland have been leading a multinational effort to reject European Union funding for embryonic stem-cell research. The issue... Read more
