Archive for April 6, 2004
Vatican slams communist China for imprisoning bishop
Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Director of the Vatican Press Office, harshly criticized Communist China on Wednesday for the arrest and imprisonment of... Read more
Pope calls Catholics to live intensively the Easter Triduum
During Wednesday’s general audience, Pope John Paul explained the importance of the Easter Triduum, which begins tomorrow on Holy Thursday,... Read more
Low population means less vocations, warns Congregation for the Clergy
During the presentation of the Pope’s Holy Thursday Letter to Priests, Archbishop Csaba Ternyak, Secretary of the Congregation for the... Read more
English Church backs abortion documentary
A controversial new documentary will be the first to break through one of Britain’s last television taboos and show footage... Read more
Human rights group petitions for release of Hmong Christian prisoners in Vietnam
Freedom House has petitioned the Government of Vietnam for the immediate release of 10 Hmong Christians as well as other... Read more
Senate postpones vote on hate propaganda bill, bishops fear bill could silence Church
A controversial bill, which Catholic bishops fear could be used to silence Church teaching, was not voted on by the... Read more
Judge’s decision to allow homosexual couple to adopt rejected in Chile
The Church and several family groups are reacting against the decision of an Appeals court in Temuco, Chile, to grant... Read more
