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Church leaders concerned about Iran's Christians
A Swiss Catholic Church delegation who recently returned from a week-long visit to Iran and says that Christians do not... Read more
Bishop defends right to refuse participation in national audit
Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln is asserting his episcopal authority and defending his prerogative to not participate in the U.S.... Read more
Archdiocese of Dublin clarifies Church’s stance: Fr. Curran is not suitable professor of Catholic Theology
The Archdiocese of Dublin has expressed the Church’s opposition to the participation of Father Charles Curran in a controversial Theology... Read more
Pope Benedict recalls 20th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Today, Pope Benedict XVI recalled the 20th anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in human history, saying that the 1986... Read more
Cardinal Lozano announces Vatican document on AIDS prevention
Speaking on Vatican Radio, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care, announced that his dicastery... Read more
Argentinean bishop: What the Nazis did in secret is today made legal
During a recent homily, Bishop Luis T. Stockler of Quilmes, Argentina, lamented that “the experiments that were done secretly at... Read more
91st anniversary of Armenian Christian holocaust commemorated in Spain
This week, the Armenian community in Valencia, Spain, commemorated the 91st anniversary of the deaths of 1.5 million Armenian Christians... Read more
Nicaraguan congress to consider legalization of abortion during Penal Code reform
The National Assembly of Nicaragua is set to debate a proposal on Thursday that would reform the country’s Penal Code... Read more
Pope Benedict: Church tradition is not just transmission of information, but the effective presence of Jesus
Speaking to a crowd of over 50,000 gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI used the occasion of his... Read more
Urgent call for prayer as decision on abortion looms over Columbian Supreme Court
Pro-life and pro-family groups in Colombia are urging prayers for the right to life in that country after it was... Read more
Mexican presidential candidates to present proposals to bishops
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico, Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago, confirmed this week that several of the... Read more
Cardinal Rouco calls for ‘alliance of faith’ between Argentina and Spain
During the celebration of Mass at the Basilica of Lujan near Buenos Aires, the archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Maria... Read more
Socialists petition Spanish congress to recognize ‘human rights’ of apes
In response to reports that Socialists in Spain have asked the congress in that country to include apes in the... Read more
Benedict XVI plans October visit to Verona for historic Italian ecclesial convention
The Italian Bishops Conference announced today that Pope Benedict is planning on visiting the city of Verona in northern Italy... Read more
U.S. bishops pledge support to ban on same-sex marriage
A coalition of some 50 prominent religious leaders, including six Catholic cardinals and six archbishops, have signed a petition and... Read more
Judge calls Spokane sexual abuse settlement legally unacceptable
A federal bankruptcy judge has decided that the nearly $46-million settlement between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane and sex... Read more
Colorado mourns 39th anniversary of America's first abortion law
Colorado Right to Life (CRLC) is recalling the anniversary of the passage of the nation's first abortion law, signed April... Read more
Archbishop Chaput calls for fairness in sex-abuse lawsuits, settlements
As controversy heats up nationwide and particularly in Colorado over the question of amending statutes of limitation for sexual abusers,... Read more
Pontifical Justice and Peace undersecretary named Coadjutor of Venice, Florida
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced that Pope Benedict XVI has named Monsignor Frank J. Dewane, Undersecretary of the... Read more
Catholic Charities, Christian Churches voice opposition to unfair french immigration reform
A number of France’s major church leaders, including Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, President of the French Bishops Conference and Archbishop of... Read more
