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Zimbabwe bishops demand fair elections as Mugabe secures his position
Zimbabwe’s Catholic bishops have asked their government to ensure free and fair elections, SW Radio Africa reports. Read more
New documentary features “Hard as Nails” youth minister
An HBO documentary airing this week explores an intense and controversial Catholic youth minister whose impassioned testimonials include drill instructor-like... Read more
Vatican lauds UN death penalty moratorium
The Vatican on Tuesday praised the recent United Nations vote calling for a moratorium on the death penalty. Vatican spokesman... Read more
World must know about the life-changing impact of Christmas, maintains Benedict XVI
As Christmas draws nearer, Pope Benedict departed from his tradition of reflecting on an Early Church Father on Wednesdays so... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI approves fourteen people's advance towards sainthood
Pope Benedict XVI authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on Monday to publish and circulate the decrees of... Read more
New Jersey bans capital punishment
New Jersey has now become the first U.S. state in four decades to ban capital punishment, the Associated Press reports.Governor... Read more
Cardinal Robles: Family is natural institution and basis of society
The Archbishop of Monterrey, Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, said this week that the family is “an institution that is natural,... Read more
Patriarchate of Moscow welcomes Opus Dei presence in Russia
The vice president of the Department of Foreign Ecclesial Affairs of the Patriarchate of Moscow, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, welcomed the... Read more
Congressional spending bill preserves pro-life regs
Pro-life stipulations have been preserved in the latest congressional omnibus appropriations bill, which approves the budget for the U.S. federal... Read more
Chinese bishop released in time for Christmas?
Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo of Zhengding, who was arrested in August for removing a Catholic Patriotic Association sign from his... Read more
Muslim extremists attack Christian stores and church in southern Egypt
Thirteen businesses belonging to Christians, as well as the façade of a church, have been attacked by Muslim extremists during... Read more
Vatican asks Brazilian bishop to immediately end hunger strike
The Holy See, through the Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil, has asked Bishop Luiz Flavio Cappio of the Diocese of Barra... Read more
Italian six-year-old takes next step towards sainthood
An Italian girl who died of cancer at the age of six and a half could soon become one of... Read more
Pope Benedict will not visit Holy Land, Vatican spokesman says
Vatican officials said Monday that a papal visit to the Holy Land would not take place due to a variety... Read more
Faithful Bay Area radio station goes on the air in San Francisco
At noon on Monday, December 10, Immaculate Heart Radio began broadcasting in San Francisco on 1260 AM. Though already broadcasting... Read more
Selective abortion of girls turning Asia into “masculine continent”
India and China, the Asian giants with more than one billion inhabitants each, have been forced to prohibit the use... Read more
Contact with saints leads people to true spiritual resurrection, says Benedict XVI
In the Vatican today, Pope Benedict XVI received members of the College of Postulators from the Congregation for the Causes... Read more
Nuncio in Holy Land: Will exists for an agreement
After a meeting of the bilateral commission of Israel and the Holy See on December 12 and 13, which is... Read more
New churches opened and consecrated for Catholics in China
A number of Catholic churches were “inaugurated, consecrated and opened” in China during the months of October and November, some... Read more
NGO promoting abortion pills and legalization of abortion in Latin America
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Gynuity, which promotes chemical abortion worldwide, has published a new paper on its website aimed to... Read more
