Archive for February 6, 2005
Pope gives Angelus blessing from hospital room
Yesterday at noon, Pope John Paul II appeared at the window of his hospital room for the recitation of the... Read more
“We need to trust life!” says Pope in message from hospital
Yesterday, in his message delivered from his hospital room at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, John Paul II affirmed urged... Read more
Holy Father continues to improve, says Vatican
Today at noon, Rome time, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, director of the Holy See Press Office, read a bulletin to journalists giving... Read more
Vatican denies Pope's message pre-recorded
The Vatican has denied Pope John Paul II had help from a pre-recorded tape in reciting the Angelus from his... Read more
Centrist Catholics, Protestants won Bush the election, survey says
Moderate Catholics and Protestants were more influential than religious conservatives in President George Bush’s re-election, says a University of Akron... Read more
Same-sex marriage decision is ‘judicial imperialism’, says Catholic League
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that he would appeal the New York State Supreme Court’s decision to allow... Read more
Diocese warns Catholics against man posing as priest
The Diocese of Peoria has issued an advisory to Catholics in western and central Illinois not to attend mass or... Read more
Pope tells seminarians to love and imitate Mary in order to be faithful priests
On Saturday at the Vatican, community members of the Pontifical Major Seminary of Rome participated in their traditional meeting for... Read more
Cardinal Stafford to preside on Pope’s behalf at Ash Wednesday Mass
With Wednesday being the start of Lent, the Vatican announced that Cardinal James Francis Stafford, major penitentiary of the Apostolic... Read more
Council for Justice and Peace calls for a “new humanism”
On Saturday, Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, presented the Compendium of the Social... Read more
Spanish bishops: Vote on EU Constitution with informed conscience
As the February 20 date for the referendum on the EU Constitution looms, the Bishops Conference of Spain called on... Read more
Progress in Pius XII’s cause for beatification
In an interview with the Italian news agency APCOM, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes... Read more
Nicaraguan lawmakers declare Archbishop of Managua “the Cardinal of peace”
The national assembly of Nicaragua decided this week to declare the Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, the... Read more
Bishops across Mexico express closeness and prayers for Pope John Paul
Bishops across Mexico offered up prayers to Our Lady of Guadalupe this week for the speedy recovery of Pope John... Read more
Task of seminaries is to provide authentic formation, says Venezuelan bishop
During a Mass celebrating the 80th anniversary of the St. Thomas Aquinas diocesan seminary, Bishop Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez... Read more
