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French bishops express concern in front of urban violence and foster presence of religious communities in neighborhoods
Archbishop Jean-Pierre Ricard, President of the French bishops conference, along with the French episcopate, published Saturday, a formal declaration regarding... Read more
Hope in the Gulf: Mississippi Bishop offers Mass in destroyed church
More than two months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita rocked the U.S. Gulf Coast, faithful at St. Michael’s Catholic Church... Read more
Bishop sees fewer schools, move to downtown
A major reorganization plan in the Diocese of Grand Rapids will diocesan headquarters downtown, merge or close some Catholic schools,... Read more
Deanery begins talks about future look of Catholic schools
In the ongoing national dialogue on the future of Catholic schools, local leaders in the Dayton Deanery also gathered last... Read more
Number of Russian Muslims converting to Christianity in the millions
According to the director of the Inter-religious Council in Russia, Roman Silantyev, in the last fifteen years two million Russian-born... Read more
Catholic Medical Association announces new president
A Portland urologist and surgeon has been named the new president of the 1,000-member Catholic Medical Association (CMA). Read more
Brazilian bishop denounces spike violence among young people
During a visit to the international headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Pedro Jose Conti of Macapa,... Read more
14 year-old Mexican martyr to be beatified Sunday
Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez of Guadalajara, Mexico, announced this week the beatification on Sunday, November 20, of Jose Luis Sanchez... Read more
Crisis pregnancy center opened in Bolivia
The Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, inaugurated a new crisis pregnancy center in La Paz, Bolivia on October... Read more
Head of Sovereign Order of Malta to receive international humanitarian award
The Vatican announced this morning, that His Most Eminent Highness Fra' Andrew Bertie, prince and grand master of the Sovereign... Read more
Jesuit University says support to gay organizations is “the Catholic thing” to do
An official from the Jesuit-run Santa Clara University in California told Catholic News Agency that hosting a two-day long conference,... Read more
Religion, science should have mutual relationship, says cardinal
Christians have the obligation to consider the insights of science, and science has the obligation to consider religion’s expert insight... Read more
Massachusetts’ church finance bill moves ahead
A bill that would force the Archdiocese of Boston and other religious groups to disclose its finances moved another step... Read more
Wisconsin Governor vetoes bill, Opening door to unlimited Human Cloning.
Wisconsin Governor vetoes AB 499, a Ban on All Human Cloning, yesterday afternoon. Governor Doyle took his red pen to... Read more
Holy See will ask Israel that ‘Upper Room’ passes under Catholic supervision
The President of the Pontifical Council for the Unity of Christians will ask Israel, it hands over to Catholics, overseeing... Read more
Pope praises large families: ‘without children there is no future’
Following his weekly catechesis yesterday, Pope Benedict greeted representatives from the Italian National Association of Large Families, to whom, he... Read more
Scientific advancement can be blessing to man, or his ruin, says Pope
Earlier this morning, the Holy Father met with a group of delegates from the Bavarian Parliament and stressed the importance... Read more
Historic Holy See congress to bring together science, philosophy and theology
This morning at the Holy See, a group of Vatican and academic leaders announced an historic congress, to be held... Read more
