Archive for July 26, 2006
Seattle Archbishop applauds wisdom of court in same-sex marriage ruling
Archbishop Alexander Brunett congratulated the Supreme Court of the State of Washington yesterday, after they decided to uphold the state's... Read more
Cardinal George undergoes surgery for bladder cancer
Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, underwent surgery Thursday morning Loyola University Medical Center to remove a cancer that was... Read more
Catholic political expert heads New Jersey's bishops' conference
A former aide to three New Jersey governors has been named executive director of the New Jersey Catholic Conference. Read more
Michigan Catholic Conference calls for honest dialogue in bioethics debate
The Michigan Catholic Conference called on state legislators to engage in honest dialogue with citizens regarding proposed measures in favor... Read more
Holy See renews call for immediate ceasefire following Rome conference
Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, spoke this morning about the Rome summit on Lebanon... Read more
Holy Land bishop: concrete actions needed to achieve peace in Middle East
Reacting to talks in Rome on the crisis in the Middle East, Bishop Fuad Twal, Coadjutor of the Patriarchate of... Read more
Italian bishops call research with embryos “morally unacceptable”
The Bishops’ Conference of Italy has issued a statement calling the European Union decision to fund research on human embryos... Read more
Government contemplates eliminating religious holidays in Bolivia
Amidst the conflict between the government of Evo Morales and the Church over proposals to secularize the country’s school system,... Read more
Bishop says Church cares for homosexuals but rejects “gender ideology”
In an interview with the Spanish daily “La Razon,” newly appointed Bishop Jose Ignacio Munilla of Palencia said that while... Read more
