Archive for December 6, 2006
Pope appoints new members to Pontifical Academy for Life, including one American
Pope Benedict XVI appointed four new members to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life. The new appointees include Dr. John... Read more
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act loses vote in House
A bill which would have required doctors to notify women seeking an abortion that their unborn child as young as... Read more
Christian leaders to visit Holy Land, call for prayers for area’s Christians
The leaders of four of Great Britain’s largest Christian Churches will travel together to the Holy Land in solidarity with... Read more
US bishops push for humanitarian aid in Somalia
The United States government must work more assertively with the United Nations and neighboring African countries to address increasing violence... Read more
Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal Glemp and appoints successor for Archdiocese of Warsaw
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Jozef Glemp, Archbishop of Warsaw, who at nearly 77 years, has... Read more
Central American bishops call on priests to value gift of celibacy
The Council of Bishops of Central America (SEDAC), which met in Honduras November 27-December 1, have called on priests to... Read more
Bioethics institute calls on Argentinean lawmakers to respect life and not make distribution of morning after pill obligatory
As the Argentinean congress debates a measure that would make distribution of the morning after pill obligatory in the country,... Read more
Secularism has become religion of the state, Spanish archbishop warns
Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco of Valencia has denounced attempts to impose secularism in Spain, calling it “a new state religion” that... Read more
The Church discovers its identity as mother, in the Virgin Mary, affirms Cardinal Bertone
The Vatican Secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, stated that the Church "always discovers and understands better" its "identity as... Read more
Denver Archbishop decries trend of discounting religious believers in political life
Speaking to a crowd of some 700 people gathered in Garden Grove, California, for the Orange County Catholic Prayer Breakfast,... Read more
