Archive for October 12, 2006

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Injured priest says Cardinal Keeler back, speaks of “ferocious impact”

Monsignor Thomas Smith, one of the life-long friends who was with Baltimore’s Cardinal William Keeler when their car was struck... Read more

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Pope encourages countrymen of excommunicated archbishop to fidelity and holiness

Meeting this morning with bishops from Zambia, the homeland of excommunicated archbishop, Emmanuel Milingo, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the bishops... Read more

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Iraqi priest’s beheading linked with Pope’s comments re Islam, says family

Relatives of an Orthodox priest in Iraq, who was kidnapped and found beheaded three days later, said Thursday that his... Read more

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Bishop calling for peace in advance of commission report

A bishop in East Timor has called for calm in anticipation of the release of the findings of a commission... Read more

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Catholic leaders, development experts to explore solutions to global poverty

Catholic leaders, international development experts and grassroots advocates will gather in San Francisco this month to discuss strategies for alleviating... Read more

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Venezuelan archbishop skeptical of Chavez, but hopes for authentic conversion

The vice president of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop Roberto Luckert Leon of Coro said yesterday he hoped President... Read more

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Thousands participate in devotions to Our Lady of the Pilar in Spain

Thousands of Catholics yesterday participated in the traditional offering of flowers to Our Lady of the Pilar, Spain’s patroness, whose... Read more

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Argentinean archbishop speaks out for prisoners, demands justice and end to delays

Commenting on hunger strikes taking place in several Buenos Aires prisons, Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata said the constant... Read more

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American youth play role in canonization of Mother Guerin

As of next week, Blessed Theodore Guerin High School in Noblesville, Indiana, will officially change its name to Saint Theodore... Read more

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Ukrainian Catholic seminarians and priests evangelizing soldiers

Fr. Bohdan Prach, rector of Holy Spirit Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, said his seminarians have had great success in their... Read more

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A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier from the Kobe City Museum collection.

Remembering St. Francis Xavier’s missionary zeal

Missouri’s bishops said citizens can reach out to the governor’s office to express opposition to the pending execution of Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri convicted murderer’s death row case

According to Venerable English College, during the Catholic persecution in England, students would gather around the “Martyrs’ Picture” in the chapel to sing the Te Deum — a Latin hymn of thanksgiving — whenever news reached Rome of the martyrdom of a former student. This custom continues today on Martyrs’ Day, Dec. 1, when the relics of the martyrs, preserved beneath the altar, are venerated by the students.

English seminary in Rome commemorates Martyrs’ Day on St. Ralph Sherwin’s feast

Smoke of war rises over a residential area in Aleppo. On Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported.

As Aleppo’s Christians face new ordeal, Church leaders call for courage and faith

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Vatican suppresses Carmelite monastery following long-running controversy

Attendees including workers of reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral gather during a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron (center) in the nave of the cathedral in Paris on Nov. 29, 2024.

U.S. churches to ring bells for reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral

The Holy Father's Dec. 2, 2024, letter to Catholics in Nicaragua comes at a critical time for the country.

Pope Francis to Nicaraguan Catholics: Faith and hope work miracles

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Charismatic Renewal in Spain accepts bishops’ ‘intergenerational healing’ guidance

Children welcome the custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, upon his entrance into Bethlehem on Nov. 30, 2024, for the beginning of Advent. The custos’ entry was festive, but at the same time, it was impossible to ignore the echoes of war. The children were holding signs with messages of peace and solidarity for those suffering due to the war.

PHOTOS: Holy Land Christians begin another Advent in the midst of war

Christmas tree and Nativity scene in Faraya's Public Square, a town in the Keserwan District of Mount Lebanon, in November 2024.

Vandals target Nativity scene in Lebanon

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