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Pro-life, pro-choice advocates wage battle for open O’Connor’s open seat
Members of both sides of the political and moral spectrums sprung into action following Sandra Day O’Connor’s announcement of retirement... Read more
Pope tells Zimbabwe Bishops to build up seminarians, laity and be voices of peace, justice, reconciliation
During a meeting Saturday, Pope Benedict told visiting members of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference that despite difficulties in the... Read more
Pope hopes for new Catechism Compendium to help all Christians become ‘catechists and evangelizers’
In his remarks during yesterday’s Angelus prayer at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI praised the newly published Compendium to the... Read more
Vatican backs measures to relieve debt to impoverished nations
Speaking Friday to members of the United Nations in New York, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s permanent U.N. observer, challenged... Read more
Fr. Reese resignation not so ‘tragic’, says Catholic journalist
A Catholic journalist and former editor of a diocesan newspaper has suggested that “[dissident] Catholic journalists feeling ‘unfree’ [in their... Read more
Canadian christians vow to protect marriage
In the wake of last week’s decision of the Canadian House of Commons to allow for the legality of same-sex... Read more
Huge mosaic of John Paul II being prepared for WYD 2005
Organizers of the next World Youth Day are preparing a gigantic mosaic containing a depiction of John Paul II. The... Read more
Society disfigured by invention of homosexual “marriage” says Lima cardinal
The Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, denounced the existence of a worldwide campaign that sells “damaged goods,” calling... Read more
Dominican bishop: education is key to building nations
Auxiliary Bishop Amancio Escapa of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, said last week that education is the foundation upon which nations... Read more
Desire to “take over” Colombia complicates negotiations with rebels, says prelate
During his recent visit to Aid to the Church in Need in Germany, the Apostolic Vicar of San Vicente Puerto... Read more
Pope’s July prayer intentions focus outward, seek to build up culture
This morning, the Vatican announced Pope Benedict XVI’s prayer intentions for the month of July, which reaffirm his often stated... Read more
“We have witnessed the controlled demolition of marriage,” says Archbishop of Valencia
In his weekly letter, Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco of Valencia, Spain, decried the “controlled demolition of marriage from within by the... Read more
Supreme Court decision sparks plans for new Ten Commandments displays, legal confusion
In light of this week’s Supreme Court ruling and a heated national debate on the use of religious monuments in... Read more
Catechism does not support homosexual ‘lifestyle’, says cathedral rector
The rector of St. Matthew Cathedral in South Bend disagrees with his fellow priest’s assertion that homosexual orientation is “a... Read more
Toronto schools and social services to uphold Catholic teaching on marriage
The archbishop of Toronto has pledged that the archdiocese’s Catholic schools and social services “are committed to upholding Catholic teaching... Read more
First Catholic church in Qatar to open in 2006
In a move that marks the progress made regarding religious freedoms in some Islamic nations, the Gulf state of Qatar... Read more
Cardinal Martino laments approval of homosexual “marriage” in Spain
The president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Renato Martino, expressed his regret at the disregard for... Read more
Religious freedom in danger in Spain, Cuba and Colombia, report says
A report on religious freedom in 2004 by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) lists Spain, Cuba and Colombia... Read more
Former president calls for prayer, archbishop for justice, in Manila scandal
Former president of Manila, Corazon C. Aquino called the entire nation this week, to prayer over the scandal and political... Read more
Faith building up science: Vatican observatory commences summer program
Often mistakenly seen as conflicting entities, the Catholic Church is striving to build up the field of science as students... Read more
