Archive for February 16, 2006
More than 50 percent of marriages in which the couples lived together before they married end in divorce, James Healy, director of the Office of Family Ministry for the Diocese of Joliet, told a group
More than 50 percent of marriages in which the couples lived together before they married end in divorce, James Healy,... Read more
Church must be more open with media, say Australian bishops
The Catholic Church in Australia needs to be more engaged in dialogue with the wider society and be more open... Read more
New archbishop of San Francisco sets out pastoral plan
The new archbishop of San Francisco revealed important aspects of his pastoral plan Wednesday during his installation ceremony at St.... Read more
Catholic League demands that anti-Catholic ads be pulled
The Fairness Foundation should immediately pull its ads that single out the billing practices of Catholic hospitals in Chicago and... Read more
Engage in modern cultural debate, defend truths of Church, Pope tells Italian Catholic journalists
Earlier today at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI met with journalists from the Italian “Civilta Cattolica”, a Jesuit magazine established... Read more
Can Islam and Christianity coexist? Vatican expert hopeful, but wary
Sandro Magister, one of the world’s foremost experts on the Vatican and religious relations, told a crowd gathered in Denver... Read more
Spokesman for Spanish bishops slams new law on assisted reproduction
Reacting to passage of a new law on assisted reproduction by Spain’s House of Representatives, which would allow genetic selection,... Read more
Peruvian bishop argues science has not disproved abortifacient effect of morning after pill
In response to statements by some congressional and presidential candidates in Peru regarding the distribution of the morning after pill,... Read more
Investigation into murder of Mexican cardinal re-opened
The Supreme Court of the Mexican state of Jalisco has nullified the sentences of 13 individuals involved in the killing... Read more
Apostolic Nuncio exhorts Mexicans to vote responsibly
While participating in the installation of Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Villegas Aguilar of the Archdiocese of Michoacan and asked about the... Read more
Vatican confirms the appointment of Elias Shakur as Archbishop of the Greek-Catholic Melkite Church
The Vatican and the Catholic Bishops' Synod appointed on February 7, for the first time an Israeli citizen to preside over... Read more
Women's Cancer Deaths Up, Men's Down -- Women's Group Berates American Cancer Society
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, a women's group, is aiming critics against the American Cancer Society (ACS) today because women's... Read more
