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Pope Benedict to reformulate Good Friday prayers for Tridentine Mass
Pope Benedict XVI will modify the Good Friday prayers used in the Tridentine Mass that generated protests from Jewish leaders... Read more
South Africa Catholic bishops condemn government raid on Methodist church
The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference on Friday condemned the actions of the South African Police Service in its raid... Read more
Benedictine abbot could be new Archbishop of Westminster
Prominent Catholic figures believe a monk at a Scottish abbey is a leading candidate to become the next Archbishop of... Read more
Archbishop of Military Services promises to recruit chaplains
The new archbishop of Military Services, Timothy P. Broglio, pledged to address the alarming shortage of Catholic chaplains during his... Read more
Kenyan archbishop recommends Eucharistic ban for participants in violence
In a diocesan newsletter, Archbishop Boniface Lele of Mombasa, Kenya suggested that Catholics known to have participated in the on-going... Read more
Benedict XVI prays for reconciliation in Colombia
During today’s Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope called for a "definitive end" to "human suffering" generated from the... Read more
Church members beaten after asking officials to account for burning of Bibles
China Aid Association has learned that members of a House Church in Yunan Province were severely beaten by police officials... Read more
Pro-life victory in the ninth circuit
The License Plate Commission of the state of Arizona violated free-speech rights when it refused to issue specialty license plates... Read more
Dallas lawyer addresses the Catholic position on immigration
With an estimated 12 million illegal aliens in the United States, immigration is an unavoidable issue in the upcoming 2008... Read more
Hanoi Archbishop praises the solidarity of Catholics in Vietnam and around the world
In an open letter dated February 1, Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet of Hanoi officially confirmed the concession from government... Read more
Italian priest calls on athletes to stop blaspheming
Father Nicoló Anselmi, director of Youth Ministry for the Bishops’ Conference of Italy, has called on professional soccer players looked... Read more
Rick Santorum endorses Mitt Romney for president
Mitt Romney scored a victory in the political endorsement battle today, as Rick Santorum, a former Republican senator from Pennsylvania... Read more
Ex-bishop in Paraguay makes presidential bid official
Despite being suspended “A divinis” by the Holy See and his brothers in the episcopate, suspended Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo... Read more
More aid needed for families to combat demographic winter in Spain, group says
The president of the Institute for Family Policy in Spain, Eduardo Hertfelder, asked politicians this week who are running for... Read more
Cardinal Pell slams proposed tax on children
Obstetrician and associate professor of medicine Barry NJ Walters of the Australian Medical Association said recently he intends to propose... Read more
Education for Citizenship seeks to dominate emotions in order to control people, Spanish cardinal warns
In an interview with Libertad Digital Television, the Archbishop of Toledo, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, said the purpose of the controversial... Read more
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Communion in hand should be revised, Vatican official says
Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Cult and Discipline of the Sacraments has said that... Read more
Benedict XVI’s prayer intentions for February released
Today the Press Office of the Holy See released Pope Benedict's prayer intentions for the month of February. Read more
International congress commemorates 20th anniversary of “Mulieris Dignitatem”
Celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of John Paul II's Apostolic Letter on the dignity and vocation of women, “Mulieris dignitatem”,... Read more
Vietnamese government agrees to return nunciature “out of respect for the Pope”
Following years of efforts and prayers, Catholics in Hanoi have agreed to stop protesting as the Vietnamese government says it... Read more
