Archive for October 19, 2006

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Catholic groups suffer tough religious liberties loss, must provide contraception

The New York Catholic Conference is considering an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after a New York State Court... Read more

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Orthodox patriarch says Pope's visit to Turkey will boost Christian ties

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey, from Nov. 28 to 31, will be a welcome... Read more

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Catholic community in former Soviet State lives in fear of Orthodox fanatics

Assyrian Catholics in Georgia’s capital city of Tblisi, continue to live in fear of attack after a hostile mob of... Read more

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Cardinal reasserts Church’s opposition to euthanasia, encourages “living wills”

The Vatican's top official for health issues reiterated the Catholic Church's strong opposition to euthanasia in an interview published Thursday,... Read more

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Cardinal Arinze speaks of rich faith identity of African people

Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, spoke this week of the... Read more

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Catholic publishing house under fire for new Islamic text deal

The Spanish daily La Razon is denouncing a Catholic publishing company that has agreed to publish text books for Islamic... Read more

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Fundamental focus of missionaries should be witnessing to Christ, not giving material help, archbishop says

The National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Works in Spain, Archbishop Francisco Perez Gonzalez of the Military Diocese, said this... Read more

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Nicaraguan archbishop encourages adoption over abortion

Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes of Managua said this week if an unborn child is not wanted in his home, it is... Read more

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Pope Benedict reminds Italian Church, only Christ can fulfill the human heart

More than 100,000 people gathered in Verona, Italy, Thursday afternoon as Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass for the 4th Italian... Read more

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Poupard calls for Catholics and Muslims to work together in overcoming terrorism

To commemorate the end of the fasting season of Ramadan, Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious... Read more

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Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador.

Catholic Church in El Salvador calls on president to maintain ban on gold mining

Close to the Pantheon in the heart of Rome, one of the city’s oldest and most popular ecclesiastical tailor shops — Ditta Annibale Gammarelli — is ready for the Dec. 7, 2024, consistory for the creation of new cardinals.

Rome’s famous tailor prepares for the Catholic Church’s new cardinals

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

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