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UN committee one step closer to drafting international abortion law
At a meeting held late last month at UN headquarters, women's rights advocates discussed plans to strengthen the "legal backbone"... Read more
Catholic League calls on Kerry to ‘condemn’ Catholics for Kerry Web site
The Catholic League says Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry should “condemn” the Catholics for Kerry 04 Web site for having... Read more
German doctors demand international prohibition of human cloning
Two medical organizations in Germany are calling for a total international ban on all types of human cloning, after the... Read more
Catholic doctors attack British government’s decision to permit human cloning
Catholic doctors are appalled at the British government’s recent decision to allow human cloning – with the use of human... Read more
California Supreme Court nullifies 4000 same-sex marriages
California’s Supreme court has invalidated nearly 4,000 marriage licenses issued to gay couples this year in San Francisco, unanimously ruling... Read more
All set for Holy Father’s trip to Lourdes
In less than 24 hours the Holy Father will visit the Marian shrine at Lourdes for the second time of... Read more
Spanish Priest launches protest against top-less public swimming pools
The pastor of the Church of San Fernando in Santiago, Spain, Fr. Manuel Cacheda, has launched a campaign to gather... Read more
Italian Health Minister says abortion is murder
In the midst of a heated debate in Italy concerning the reduction of federal funding for women who have a... Read more
Bishop reiterates call to vote “according to conscience” in Venezuelan referendum
Bishop Mario Moronta of San Cristobal, Venezuela, reiterated this week his call to Venezuelans to fulfill their duty to vote... Read more
Rock for Life calls for boycott of musicians touring to promote abortion on demand
A pro-life group is challenging a grassroots group that has launched a concert tour in an effort to defeat President... Read more
Pope sends wishes to Olympic Games
Pope John Paul II issued a telegram today to Constantinos Stephanopoulos, president of Greece, on the occasion of the 28th... Read more
Pope names new bishop for Buffalo diocese
The Diocese of Buffalo, located in New York State, will have a new bishop. Pope John Paul has appointed Bishop... Read more
Bishop Gracida says presidential questionnaire is not useful
Bishop Rene Henry Gracida, the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, published a statement Aug. 10 in... Read more
Papal emissary shuts down Austrian seminary
The Austrian seminary that has been embroiled in a child pornography scandal was shut down this morning by Bishop Klaus... Read more
Vatican opposes British cloning research
The Vatican reiterated its firm opposition yesterday to human cloning after the British government gave a research team permission to... Read more
Spanish bishop says government has caved in to homosexual “lobby”
The bishop of Segorbe-Castelló and president of the bishops’ Subcommittee on the Family and Defense of Life, Bishop Juan Antonio... Read more
Mexican bishops call on government leaders to “learn how to form a consensus and respect differences”
The president of the Bishops Conference of Mexico, Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago of Leon, denounced this week the political... Read more
Italian Senator to propose drop in federal funding of abortion
An Italian senator announced last weekend he intends to sponsor a bill that would require women to pay half of... Read more
Iraq’s Christians fleeing to Syria to escape violence
Iraqi Christians are fleeing to neighbouring Syria in search of refuge from violence and persecution meted out by Islamic militants,... Read more
Abortion T-shirt creates online debate, shows ‘hard-heartedness’ toward God
A new T-shirt, branded with the phrase, "I had an abortion", has become the topic of debate on the Internet... Read more
