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Colombian bishop battling cancer and seeking peace with rebels
For a long time Bishop German Garcia Isaza of Apartado, Colombia, has been battling against two very powerful enemies: lymphatic... Read more
U.S. bishops join other religious leaders to support marriage amendment
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops joined other religious leaders yesterday in voicing their support for the Federal Marriage... Read more
Photo album "John Paul among the Mountains" presented
On July 12 a book entitled "John Paul II Among the Mountains," by Nadia Millery Ognibene and Raffaella Poletti, was... Read more
Archbishop Burke to release Pastoral Letter stressing priority of abortion issue
The St. Louis Review, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, revealed this week that Archbishop Raymond L. Burke... Read more
Marriage amendment necessary to stop ‘despotic judges’, says Catholic League
Catholic League president William Donohue said the Federal Marriage Amendment is necessary “because those who support homosexual marriage have already... Read more
Venezuelan bishops call participation in referendum “inescapable duty”
Wrapping up their general assembly, which took place July 7-12, the bishops of Venezuela issued a document calling participation in... Read more
Human rights leader denounces rigidity of Cuban government
In a press release issued on Monday in Havana, Cuban dissident and leader of the Cuban Committee for Human Rights... Read more
Archbishop Burke and pro-abortion Congressman make no comment after meeting
Archbishop Raymond Burke and Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay offered no comment after their private meeting yesterday, during which they... Read more
Tucson Diocese prepares parishioners for bankruptcy
Parishioners in the Diocese of Tucson were told for the first time of the possibility of their diocese filing for... Read more
Ugandan President stirs AIDS summit proposing abstinence
A debate erupted at the 15th International AIDS Conference yesterday after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told delegates that abstinence, not... Read more
Church in Austria trying to react fast to new sex scandal
Catholic leaders in Austria have reacted quickly to the emergence of a new sex scandal, discovered at a local seminary.... Read more
Catholic relief organization to air TV programs raising awareness on persecuted Christians
The German branch of the international Catholic charitable organization “Aid to the Church in Need” (ACN) will start airing its... Read more
Murder of priest will not stop the work of the Church on the Mexican border, says bishop
Bishop Renato Ascencio León of Juarez, Mexico, together with the clergy of his diocese, has published a statement lamenting the... Read more
UNICEF leaves unborn out of abortion debate in Nicaragua
An official from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Gary Stahl, has gotten involved in the debate on the legalization... Read more
Spanish Archbishop says homosexual acts cannot be morally justified
Archbishop Elias Yanes of Zaragoza, Spain, said this week the existence of homosexual tendencies does not nullify one’s freedom and... Read more
Card. Ratzinger supports US Bishops’ document on Communion, no comment on Interim report
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced yesterday that Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick has received a letter from... Read more
100 European and African bishops to meet in Rome to discuss communion between the two continents
The Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE) and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) are set... Read more
Pope to send revered Icon of Our Lady of Kazan back to Russia
On Saturday, Pope John Paul’s spokesman, Joaquin Navarro Valls, announced that the Pontiff has decided to send a Vatican delegation... Read more
Pro-abortion Congressman to meet Archbishop Burke, suggests Church lose non-profit status
Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis is scheduled to meet with local Congressman William Lacy Clay today, reported the Associated... Read more
Pope is not writing any document or book during his vacations
Contrary to speculations that the Holy Father is writing a book or document during his vacation in Les Combes, northwest... Read more
