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Mexico celebrates Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Mexico City on Wednesday to celebrate the 476th anniversary of the apparition of... Read more
Priest prays, not pays, for parking fine
A judge in southern Chile sentenced a Catholic priest to recite seven psalms daily for three months as a punishment... Read more
Benedict XVI tells nations: Restore hope by overcoming violence with dialogue
Pope Benedict held an unusually large audience today as he received seven new ambassadors to the Holy See from various... Read more
Catholic health workers’ effort to unionize could crowd out Catholics
A complex labor dispute between a Californian Catholic healthcare company and its employees could end in an agreement with a... Read more
Benedict XVI expresses solidarity with besieged Venezuelan cardinal
Pope Benedict XVI has sent a brief letter to the Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, in which he... Read more
St. Peter’s Square to be illuminated by massive Christmas tree
Tomorrow evening St. Peter’s Square will be lit with the glow of a fully adorned Christmas tree from northern Italy.... Read more
Catholic Foundation appoints Gerald ‘Bud’ Laber as president
The Catholic Foundation for the Roman Catholic Church in Northern Colorado, an independent nonprofit corporation dedicated to helping Catholics serve... Read more
Telefonica offering free long distance calls to missionaries
Spain’s telephone company Telefonica is offering free long distance calls as a Christmas gift to customers so they can call... Read more
Cuban officials apologize for disruption at Catholic parish
The Nuevo Herald reported this week that Cuban officials have apologized to the Archdiocese of Santiago for the violent incident... Read more
Hindu extremists level Catholic parish to the ground
The news agency Fides is reporting that 150 Hindu extremists have leveled the Church of Divine Mercy to the ground... Read more
Gift vouchers available to help young people attend WYD
World Youth Day organizers are giving parents, grandparents, teachers and friends the chance to give young people a life changing... Read more
Christians continuing exodus from Holy Land
Leaders from the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) on Tuesday reported on their recent... Read more
Sympathy for the devil: thoughts on ‘The Golden Compass’
When the first Harry Potter movie arrived in theaters several years ago, many Catholic families had divided views about the... Read more
Ob/Gyn association pushes “abortion agenda” on pro-life doctors
An association of Christian doctors has harshly criticized a national organization of obstetricians for supporting ethical codes that will force... Read more
Death threat promises dismemberment of Indian bishop
A bishop in Kerala, who is an outspoken critic of the rule of the local communist party, received a letter threatening... Read more
Medical researchers argue reducing abortions reduces breast cancer, premature birth
Two letters published this month in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons assert that the best predictor of the... Read more
Canadian bishops call on government to oppose capital punishment internationally
The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has asked the Prime Minister of Canada to “strenuously” intervene when... Read more
Communion is the key to the mystery of the Church, teaches the Holy Father
As the faithful listened to Pope Benedict’s next installment in his series of teachings on the saints of the early... Read more
Environmentalist proposes “baby tax,” financial disabilities for large families
An Australian professor of obstetrics has proposed both a $5,000 “baby levy” to be imposed on parents upon the birth... Read more
Congregation for Clergy launches website on the Bible
“Reading the Word of God with the Church” is the slogan for the Congregation for the Clergy’s new website, which... Read more
