Archive for August 4, 2004

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ALL greets Southern bishops for denying Communion to pro-abortion politicians

The American Life League is “overjoyed” by the decision taken by the bishops of Atlanta, Charlotte and Charleston to refuse... Read more

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Fargo diocese closes five parishes

As the population continues to dwindle, the Diocese of Fargo plans to close five small rural parishes in the coming... Read more

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Becket Fund to defend Hindu Temple against court activism

The Hindu Temple Society of North America, of Flushing, Queens, filed suit in federal court yesterday, claiming that local courts... Read more

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Liberated bishop says “Colombia deserves peace,” calls for release of all kidnapped

Just a few days after being released by Marxist rebels in Colombia, Bishop Misael Vacca of Yopal called for the... Read more

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Catholic Charities in Spain launch aid programs for troubled region of Darfur

Catholic Charities in Spain, in conjunction with Churches Together International, is launching a relief effort in the Sudanese region of... Read more

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Catholic intellectual says time has come for reconciliation in Cuba

The editor-in-chief of the Cuban magazine Vitral, Dagoberto Valdes Hernandez, said this week Cuba is in need more than ever... Read more

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Green party and feminists seek end to concordat between Spain and Holy See

Spokesmen for Green party leftists and for prominent feminist groups announced this week their intentions to push the Spanish socialist... Read more

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Jaime Mayor Oreja inaugurates the sixth Transatlantic Summit of the Political Network for Values ​​held in Spain’s Senate.

International pro-life summit: Faith isn’t imposed but doesn’t hide either

Zion Lutheran Church in Long Valley, New Jersey, is one of two churches that have won a victory against county officials who were excluding them from a historic preservation grant program.

Judge says New Jersey county can’t exclude churches from historic preservation grant

Opponents of transgender treatments on children gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2024, as justices hear oral arguments for a challenge to a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries and hormones for minors.

Supreme Court seems skeptical of claim that Tennessee’s transgender law is discriminatory

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a legal brief in which he argued that Missouri’s regulations on abortion providers are consistent with Amendment 3 and are justified on grounds of patient safety and informed consent.

Missouri attorney general defends pro-life abortion laws amid legal fight over new amendment

Pope Francis meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Dec. 4, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán talk Ukraine and family policies

Palliative care.

Palliative care doctors in UK say assisted suicide bill rests on ‘misconceptions’

Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a long-delayed trial that launched with an indictment last year. 

New Orleans priest pleads guilty to 1970s kidnapping, rape of teenager

Pope Francis is shown the new popemobile, an electric Mercedes, on Dec. 4, 2024, at the Vatican.

Mercedes-Benz presents Pope Francis with new modified G-Wagon ‘popemobile’

Pope Francis blesses a toddler during his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Francis: Preaching must rely on Holy Spirit, keep homilies under 10 minutes

Cardinals outside the Paul VI Hall.

21 new cardinals to reflect Catholic Church’s unity amid geographic expansion

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