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Spanish bishops: Vote on EU Constitution with informed conscience
As the February 20 date for the referendum on the EU Constitution looms, the Bishops Conference of Spain called on... Read more
Council for Justice and Peace calls for a “new humanism”
On Saturday, Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, presented the Compendium of the Social... Read more
Cardinal Stafford to preside on Pope’s behalf at Ash Wednesday Mass
With Wednesday being the start of Lent, the Vatican announced that Cardinal James Francis Stafford, major penitentiary of the Apostolic... Read more
Pope tells seminarians to love and imitate Mary in order to be faithful priests
On Saturday at the Vatican, community members of the Pontifical Major Seminary of Rome participated in their traditional meeting for... Read more
Diocese warns Catholics against man posing as priest
The Diocese of Peoria has issued an advisory to Catholics in western and central Illinois not to attend mass or... Read more
Same-sex marriage decision is ‘judicial imperialism’, says Catholic League
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that he would appeal the New York State Supreme Court’s decision to allow... Read more
Centrist Catholics, Protestants won Bush the election, survey says
Moderate Catholics and Protestants were more influential than religious conservatives in President George Bush’s re-election, says a University of Akron... Read more
Vatican denies Pope's message pre-recorded
The Vatican has denied Pope John Paul II had help from a pre-recorded tape in reciting the Angelus from his... Read more
Holy Father continues to improve, says Vatican
Today at noon, Rome time, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, director of the Holy See Press Office, read a bulletin to journalists giving... Read more
“We need to trust life!” says Pope in message from hospital
Yesterday, in his message delivered from his hospital room at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, John Paul II affirmed urged... Read more
Pope gives Angelus blessing from hospital room
Yesterday at noon, Pope John Paul II appeared at the window of his hospital room for the recitation of the... Read more
Ecuadorian bishops say science does not negate abortifacient nature of the pill
Parishes throughout Ecuador are distributing a letter from the executive committee of the Bishops Conference of Ecuador, which warns that... Read more
Iraqi Christians claim they were denied right to vote
While Iraq is calling Sunday's elections a success, Christians in the Mideastern country and in the United States are claiming... Read more
Gathering set to kick off men’s ministry in Pittsburgh
A new group in Pittsburgh is reaching out to Catholic men, offering them an opportunity for faith and spiritual formation... Read more
UK Group threatens campaign against Aids Policy
The U.K.-based Catholic Action Group say that a deadline given to CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Oversees Development to withdraw... Read more
Priests' group urges support for Woman's-Right-to-Know Bill
Priests for Life is urging the Georgia state Senate to pass a bill that would require medical professionals to inform... Read more
President of European Parliament expresses wishes for Pope’s recovery
Joseph Borrell Fontelles, president of the European Parliament, met this morning with Vatican officials, Angelo Sodano,Cardinal Secretary of State and... Read more
Holy Father expresses grief over death of 101-year-old Cardinal Bafile
Upon learning of the death of 101-year-old Cardinal Corrado Bafile yesterday, the Holy Father sent a telegram to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger,... Read more
Holy See to issue document on dignity of marriage and annulments
The Vatican announced this week the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts will release a new document entitled “Dignitas connubii” on... Read more
Phoenix Bishop says that scandal may return a healthy sense of sin
Speaking to a group of youth ministers in the Diocese of Phoenix in January, Bishop Thomas Olmsted said that, “popes... Read more
