Archive for June 2, 2004
Democrat senator releases controversial Catholic scorecard, reactions follow
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and other Democrat senators released on Wednesday a controversial analysis of votes and actions of Catholic... Read more
Pope postpones indefinitely the creation of a Ukranian Patriarchate
Addressing members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church headed by Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, Pope John Paul postponed... Read more
USCCB representative urges appeal of California ruling against Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
A spokesperson for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is encouraging an appeal of the ruling made June 1 by... Read more
Support for Kerry drops among Catholic voters, says poll
Poll results released yesterday show Catholic presidential candidate John Kerry receiving only 20 percent support among the United States’ 51... Read more
Pope will preside Corpus Christi celebrations on June 10
At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 10, Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Pope John Paul will preside at Mass in the... Read more
Conference on Science and Faith inaugurated at the Vatican
This morning Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, inaugurated an interdisciplinary conference on science and faith.... Read more
Islam worse threat than Communism, says Sudanese bishop
In a revealing interview with the Italian daily, “Il Giornale,” Bishop of Cesare Mazzolari of Rumbek, Sudan, said the Islam... Read more
Catholic Charities of Haiti calling for assistance for flood victims
Catholic Charities of Haiti has sent a request for funds to the international network of Catholic Charities in order to... Read more
Nobel laureate says “improvement” of human species will not come through genetic manipulation
Sydney Brenner, biologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine, says many of the current attempts to... Read more
