Archive for June 14, 2006
US bishops urge Congress to grant illegal immigrants ‘path to citizenship’
The Catholic bishops of the United States urged the U.S. Congress Wednesday to resolve differences on immigration reform and to... Read more
Bishops in Eritrea demand that clergy be exempt from military service
Bishops in Eritrea are responding to their government’s call for priests and seminarians to serve in the army amid continued... Read more
Church leaders urge the return of religious assemblies in public schools
Christian leaders in Britain have urged the country’s new education secretary, Alan Johnson, to restore daily acts of worship in... Read more
Vandals strike 80-year-old church
An 80-year-old Catholic church in the Diocese of Santa Rosa was struck by vandalism over four days, causing $50,000 worth... Read more
Holy See issues plea for peace in the Holy Land
Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Director of the Press Office of the Holy See released a statement yesterday calling for an end to... Read more
Opposition to war incompatible with support for abortion, says Spanish cardinal
The vice president of the Bishops’ Conference of Spain, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares of Toledo, said this week opposition to war... Read more
Episcopal Church faces division over homosexual issues
The U.S. Episcopal Bishops continue to deal with internal disagreement and face the possibility of a total division of their... Read more
The Eucharist is the central event in the history of the world and of every person, the Pope says
Celebrating Mass today, on the Feast of the Body of Christ in the Eucharist, the Holy Father told the faithful... Read more
