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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
Archdiocese of Detroit puts brakes on reception honoring gay-outreach
According to the Archdiocese of Detroit, a celebration honoring a local nun and her outreach to gays has been forced... Read more
Archbishop Burke supports Terri Schiavo's parents in fight for life
The most effective means to fight abortion and other threats to life is prayer, said Archbishop Raymond Burke of St.... Read more
Pope hopes to preside at Angelus on Sunday
Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls told journalists today that the “state of the Holy Father’s health has improved.”... Read more
Archbishop of Oviedo decries claim secularism is sole voice of reason
The Archbishop of Oviedo, Carlos Osoro, commenting this week on the recent message of Pope John Paul II to the... Read more
Cardinal Rubiano calls Colombians to common sense on issues of abortion and homosexual unions
Presiding at the opening of the General Assembly of the Bishops Conference of Colombia, Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz, Archbishop of... Read more
Spanish newspaper reports on widower vocations as encouraging sign for the Church
The Spanish daily El Mundo recently published an interesting collection of testimonies of uncommon religious vocations: widows and widowers, with... Read more
Correction
In yesterday’s story titled “Canada introduces same-sex marriage legislation” CNA made an error in attribution. The statement that “equality rights... Read more
Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez calls on young people to cultivate loyalty, respect and purity of spirit
During a Mass celebrated at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo on National Youth Day, the archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal... Read more
Iraqi bishops hopeful elections mean beginning of a new start for Christians
In the wake of the January 30 elections, various Iraqi bishops expressed their hope they might signify a new era... Read more
Pope says organ transplants must "guarantee respect for life and for the human person"
Today the Vatican released a Letter from Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences regarding the practice... Read more
Catholic League says anti-Jewish and anti-Christian professor should be fired
Catholic League president William Donohue says University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill should be fired for his philosophy and rhetoric,... Read more
Football players to bring their faith to Superbowl on Sunday
Football fans will have their eyes glued to the television this Sunday to watch their favorite team battle it out... Read more
Pope's biographer optimistic of recovery
Pope John Paul II’s official biographer and friend George Weigel told WBAL-TV 11 in Maryland that he does not doubt... Read more
Pro-family organization praises President’s “State of the Union”
Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins released yesterday a statement praising President Bush's State of the Union Address for... Read more
