Archive for February 17, 2004
Vatican official answers Foxman: The Passion of the Christ is not anti-Semitic
In a meeting at the Vatican Feb. 16, U.S. Archbishop John P. Foley told Anti-Defamation League president Abraham Foxman the... Read more
Christ brings fulfillment to all creation, Pope says
Pope John Paul II called on the world this morning to summarize all things in Christ in order to fulfill... Read more
Holiness guarantees efficiency in evangelization, Pope tells Focolare
In a message to a group of bishops and collaborators of the Focolare movement, who are meeting in Rome, Pope... Read more
Speakers with pro-abortion stance should not be invited to Catholic institutions: Bishop Keleher
Catholic institutions should no longer invite speakers, who support abortion rights, to "address, give workshops, or otherwise make any presentation"... Read more
House approves measure requiring parents be told of teens’ abortions
Parents in Florida may soon have the legal right to be informed if their teenage daughters seek an abortion, reported... Read more
Cardinal backs down from HIV testing for seminary candidates
The Archdiocese of Montreal has backed down from implementing a policy that would screen seminary candidates for HIV, after consulting... Read more
Bishops ask “necessary decisions” be made to combat violence in Haiti
The Bishops Conference of Haiti is calling on the country’s leaders and politicians to “urgently make the necessary decisions” to... Read more
Bishop denounces spread of gangs in southern Mexico
The new Archbishop of Antequera-Oaxaca, José Luis Chávez Botello, has denounced the rapid spread of Central American gangs in southern... Read more
Spanish bishops respond to adoption of twins by lesbians in Navarre
The Spanish Bishops Conference has responded to a recently revealed unpublished decision by a judge in the Navarre province which... Read more
Italian journalist says “The Passion of the Christ” is the best film about Jesus ever made
In an article written for the Spanish newspaper “La Razón,” the renowned Italian journalist Vittorio Messori recounts his experience seeing... Read more
