Archive for March 27, 2006
Canadian churches take hard look at racial justice
Canadian churches wrapped up their first Racial Justice Week, an event intended to encourage churches in their efforts to undo... Read more
New bishop named for northern Canada mission diocese
A mission diocese in the Canadian North has a new bishop. Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie to succeed... Read more
Case dismissed, but Afghan Christian convert still faces danger, seeks foreign asylum
Although Abdul Rahman, an Afghan man who faced death for converting from Islam to Christianity was released from prison on... Read more
Vatican seminar to explore Catholic influence on European higher education
The Vatican has announced that it will host a seminar to explore the Bologna Process and its relationship to Catholic... Read more
Immigration expert Bishop DiMarzio calls on faithful to reject any immoral immigration laws
As the U.S. Senate continues to inch closer to a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s immigration system, as many Catholic... Read more
Vatican, world’s faithful prepare for one-year anniversary of John Paul II’s death
Throngs of pilgrims are expected to gather in Rome this weekend as the Vatican prepares to celebrate the one-year anniversary... Read more
A step closer to Sainthood? Another John Paul II miracle reported in United States
Father Slawomir Oder, the Vatican official overseeing the cause for the canonization of Pope John Paul II, announced this week... Read more
Salvadoran prelate: new statements by former military commander could shed new light on Archbishop Romero assassination
Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador expressed his hope this week that statements by former military captain Alvaro Saravia... Read more
Archbishop says government officials who support abortion are negligent in their duties
In his weekly pastoral letter, Archbishop Braulio Rodriguez Plaza of Valladolid, Spain, has denounced Spanish governmental officials who support abortion,... Read more
Vatican official expresses concern about proposed US immigration reform
The chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences, Msgr. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, said this week that the Holy See... Read more
