Archive for July 17, 2005

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Pope calls vacations a necessary time for rest in body and spirit

During his noontime Angelus prayer yesterday, temporarily being held at his vacation spot in Les Combes, in Italy’s northern alps,... Read more

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Pope Benedict joins young people ‘spiritually on the march’ for WYD in Cologne

Pope Benedict XVI prayed his traditional Sunday angelus while vacationing in the Italian alps yesterday, and excitedly told young people... Read more

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Claiming that culture effects values is not “extremism” Catholic analyst says

With politics in Washington continually heating up over the culture wars pro-life politicians often being made to look like extremists,... Read more

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Adoption agency rejects Catholic parents

A Christian adoption agency said it does not place children with Catholic couples because their religion conflicts with the agency's... Read more

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New Zealand doctors to reconsider euthanasia question

The New Zealand Medical Association announced Friday that it will reconsider its position on euthanasia at the end of July. Read more

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Catholic men's magazine celebrates first year, goes international

Catholic Men's Quarterly is celebrating its first anniversary and has now become available to international subscribers.  Read more

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CCCB clears up confusion about baptism for children of same-sex couples

Speaking on the impact of same-sex marriage on the Catholic Church in Canada, Cardinal Marc Ouellet reportedly told the Senate... Read more

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Pope expressed horror, consolation to victims of Turkish blast

Following a deadly bomb attack in the resort city of Kusadasi, Turkey on Saturday, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican Secretary of... Read more

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Parkinson’s sufferers in Argentina grateful for example of John Paul II

The Argentinean daily La Nación featured a story last week on the testimony of a group of Parkinson’s sufferers who... Read more

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Navarro-Valls gives inside look at Pope’s vacation

Yesterday, during an informal meeting, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls gave journalists an inside look at the day-to-day... Read more

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Police in Kenya detain two suspects in murder of Italian bishop

Police in Kenya have detained two suspects who may have been involved in the murder of Bishop Luigi Locati, Apostolic... Read more

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Honduran diocese joins lawsuit against the State over prison deaths

The Diocese of San Pedro de Sula has joined with family members of the victims of a May 2004 prison... Read more

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Bishop reminds Argentineans “man comes from God and is not product of chance”

Bishop Andres Stanovnik of Reconquista reminded Argentineans as they celebrate the country’s independence day that “the fundamental truth that makes... Read more

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Left to right: Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe, Archbishop Fernando Chomali, Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas, and Bishop Mykola Bychok, CSsR, will be made cardinals in a consistory on Dec. 7, 2024.

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