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Head of Romanian Orthodox Church dies, Pope sends telegram
The head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Teoctist, died of a heart attack on Monday at the age of... Read more
California bishops back two of three proposed marriage-protection initiatives
The California Catholic Conference, which represents all the bishops in the state, has decided not to support a marriage-protection initiative... Read more
Church mediates agreement ending strike by copper workers in Chile
During talks mediated by the Catholic Church in Chile, officials of the state-run Corporation of Copper and union leaders of... Read more
13 million hits in first three days of new Vatican City State website
The General Secretary of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, Bishop Renato Boccardo, said that since its launch, the... Read more
Mexican city to organize Festival for Life in September
On Saturday, September 8, the city of Santiago de Queretaro will hold the Festival for Life at the Corregidora Stadium,... Read more
Austrians can receive text messages from Pope
Organizers of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Austria next month are offering the faithful daily cell phone text messages with... Read more
Philippine bishops form committee to fight child porn
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines formed an ad-hoc committee on Tuesday to lead effective campaigns in the Church and... Read more
Elderly Italian man runs across ten countries to pray at tomb of evangelizer of China
A 60 year-old Italian man ran an extensive marathon covering ten countries in order to pray before the tomb of... Read more
Brownback says rival should apologize for Catholic slur
Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback said rival Mike Huckabee should apologize for a supporter's "prejudiced whisper campaign" against him for... Read more
Bishop of Orlando responds to concerns over Vatican statements on "one true Church"
Is the pope Catholic? Well, yeah. But considering the reaction that the recent reaffirmation of the Catholic Church's self-understanding (issued... Read more
Pope Benedict rejoices with Iraqis over soccer victory
“Just as so many times I have cried with the Iraqi people, on this occasion I rejoiced with them,”, said... Read more
Benedict XVI calls Christians to look to God to create a “just and fraternal world”
The Holy Father resumed his weekly catechesis today picking up where he left off in early July when he began... Read more
Cardinal Rouco surprised at thousands of youth participating in missionary event
The Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela said this week he was surprised at the thousands of young... Read more
Chavez engaged in “circus” with insults against the Church, says archbishop
Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador said this week people are “bored stiff” with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s insults... Read more
Salvadoran Archbishop calls theft of religious items a “sad disgrace”
Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador has denounced the stealing of religious artwork from several churches in the country,... Read more
U.S. bishops urge Rice to offer more aid to Iraqi refugees
The U.S. Catholic bishops are calling on the Bush administration to work more urgently toward the responsible transition to end... Read more
Physicians, patients back to bill to promote adult stem-cell research
Doctors and patients, who have participated in medical treatments derived from adult stem cells, have expressed support for the Patients... Read more
Mainline US denominations losing members to ‘new churches’, says researcher
A researcher is forecasting that, by 2025, the “market share” of conventional churches will be cut in half. George Barna,... Read more
Venezuelan bishops still waiting for meeting with Chavez
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop Ubaldo Santana of Maracaibo, said this week the bishops have already... Read more
Catholic Church refuses invitation to join condom campaign for WYD 2008
Catholic Church officials said they will not cooperate with a safe-sex campaign directed at the 500,000 pilgrims expected to attend... Read more
