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Church obtains temporary restraining order against protesting attorney
The Holy Cross Roman Catholic church in Albany N.Y has obtained a temporary restraining order against an attorney who it... Read more
Canadian bishops express sympathy, recall history between Louisiana and Canada
The Canadian bishops expressed their deepest sympathy to the American bishops over the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, offering prayers... Read more
Schwarzenegger to veto same-sex marriage bill
Many pro-family groups let out a collective sigh of relief today as the office of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced... Read more
Archbishop Chaput: Katrina shows us fragileness of human life; true meaning of Christian discipleship
Reflecting on the days following Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the U.S. Gulf Coast last week, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver... Read more
Castro government limits celebration of patroness of Cuba
The Bishops’ Conference of Cuba announced this week that the Castro government authorized 60 processions to celebrate the feast of... Read more
Colombian bishops’ proposal for pre-dialogue rejected by FARC
The Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, Bishop Fabian Marulanda of Florencia, expressed regret Wednesday at the decision by... Read more
Brazilian government postpones bill on abortion
In keeping with a promise made by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the country’s bishops, the federal government... Read more
Caritas and bishops launch Migrant Week to help Mexicans in the US
Caritas Mexico and the Mexican bishops’ Committee on Social affairs have announced the celebration of Migrant Week in order to... Read more
Cuban cardinal outraged by pro-U.S. charge
The leader of the Catholic Church in Cuba, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, rejected as "truly outrageous" a Communist government official's charge... Read more
Pope appoints new Synod participants
This morning the Holy See Press room announced the names of the bishops apointed by Pope Benedict XVI to the... Read more
“Continually model our image on that of the Son of God," Pope Benedict says in General Audience
On his Wednesday General Audience, held this morning in St. Peter's Square in the presence of 20,000 people, Pope Benedict... Read more
Cardinal participates in International Forum on the model and frontiers of Europe
The fifteenth economic forum promoted by the Study Institute for Eastern Europe opens this evening in Krynica, Poland, on the... Read more
Vatican asks Cardinal McCarrick’s to postpone retirement
In a gathering with priests of the Archdiocese of Washington DC, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick announced that Pope Benedict XVI has... Read more
California legislature passes same-sex marriage bill; family groups outraged
Last evening, the California state legislature became the first legislative body in the U.S. to approve a bill allowing for... Read more
Gallup poll shows Americans overwhelmingly interested in Robert’s abortion stance; Fr. Pavone ‘not surprised’
A recent Gallup poll showed that Americans are more interested in Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Robert’s stance on... Read more
Tucson parishes to be incorporated by April
The Diocese of Tucson plans to incorporate its 74 parishes and missions as independent nonprofit corporations by April. Read more
Religious men and women dispersed throughout southern US after Katrina
Religious communities of consecrated men and women have had to leave their missions in the Gulf Coast region and move... Read more
Lure of service to Church too great to deny, says seminarian
Nathan March is part of the largest class of seminarians in the Maine since 1995. He and four others expect... Read more
Muslim Turks invite Pope to inter-religious symposium
Muslim organizers of an inter-religious symposium in Antioch, Turkey, have expressed their intention to invite Pope Benedict XVI to the... Read more
Catechism Compendium already best-seller in Spain
Weeks before it hits bookstores, the Spanish translation of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church has already... Read more
