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700 Portuguese doctors call on national association to oppose to abortion
According to a report on LifeSiteNews.com, members of the Portuguese Medical Association are circulating a petition on the Internet to... Read more
Socialist Senator announces conversion and leaves politics over laws that “conflict with Christian ethics”
Socialist Senator Mercedes Aroz has announced her retirement from politics at the end of the legislative session over disagreements with... Read more
Book made from priest’s skin now up for auction
A seventeenth-century book which is bound in human skin and details the execution of a priest who allegedly conspired in... Read more
Lifetime of social work led 39-year old to Catholic clergy
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, will ordain 39-year-old Deacon Mark Kovacik to the Catholic priesthood on Saturday, December 1 at 10... Read more
Archbishop to Red Cross: humanity is “really one family”
Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, spoke yesterday on behalf of Holy See's permanent observer mission to the United Nations to the... Read more
Staunch pro-lifer Henry Hyde dies
Former Representative Henry Hyde died early Thursday at the age of 83. The Illinois Republican served the 6th District of Illinois... Read more
An African saint and Vietnamese martyr are Benedict XVI's inspiration in “Saved by Hope”
In his new encyclical, “Spe Salvi” (Saved by Hope), Pope Benedict draws upon the example two saints—one from Africa and... Read more
Pope pens new hymn to Mary in "Saved by Hope"
At the conclusion of his encyclical released today, Pope Benedict honored Mary as our model of hope and asked for her intercession... Read more
"Spe Salvi" challenges modern society and today's Christianity to self-examination of hope
“Spe Salvi—by hope we were saved,” with these words Pope Benedict XVI begins his second encyclical, which was released today.... Read more
Pope's new encyclical calls for a rediscovery of hope
Today at noon in Rome, the Holy See released Pope Benedict XVI’s second encyclical, “Spe Salvi”, which proclaims the need... Read more
Bishops satisfied by commitment to peace in the Holy Land
Two important Church officials, Cardinal Renato Martino and the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Michel Sabbah, have expressed their satisfaction at... Read more
Spanish government prohibits pro-life protests in front of Congressional building
Pro-life groups in Spain announced that the march planned for news Friday to demand a stop to illegal abortions would... Read more
Investigators in Spain discover macabre abortion equipment
The Spanish daily “ABC” has revealed “terrible details” of police investigations into four clinics in Barcelona accused of practicing illegal... Read more
Pope Benedict invited to Slovenia
Today in a meeting with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, invited the Holy Father... Read more
Pope Benedict hopes to visit Ireland, says new Irish cardinal
The Belfast Telegraph reports that Pope Benedict XVI has expressed hopes of visiting Ireland in what would be the first... Read more
Venezuelan bishops deplore accusations linking them to violence
On Sunday, the vice president of the Venezuelan Bishops Conference, Archbishop Roberto Luckert of Coro, denied that bishops are accomplices... Read more
Pope laments death of Italian soldier in terrorist attack in Afghanistan
Pope Benedict XVI expressed his sorrow Wednesday and promised to pray for Daniele Paladin, an Italian soldier who was killed... Read more
New book by Fulton Sheen “at his best” published
Basilica Press has announced the first new book by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in over 25 years. The book, Archbishop... Read more
Conference examines abortion’s effects on fathers
The first national conference focusing on the effects of abortion on men opened in San Francisco yesterday. Read more
Oklahoma bishop protests new anti-immigration law
The Bishop of Tulsa has issued a pastoral letter calling Oklahoma's new immigration law immoral and unjust. Read more
