Archive for July 31, 2006
Canadian parliamentarians push for renewed debate on assisted suicide bill
Some Canadian parliamentarians are pushing for a debate in the House of Commons on the legalization of assisted suicide. A... Read more
Asia Youth Day gathers 800, including from mainland China
About 800 young Catholics from 25 countries and regions, mostly in Asia, have gathered for the Fourth Asian Youth Day... Read more
Women’s ‘ordinations’ in Pittsburgh invalid, lead to excommunication
Eight women excommunicated themselves from the Roman Catholic Church after presenting themselves yesterday to be ordained priests in a ceremony... Read more
Cancer tests for Cardinal George come up negative
Cardinal Francis George’s pathology results indicate that there is no evidence of any cancer remaining in his body, announced his... Read more
Mexico among top 10 donors to the Vatican in 2005
A spokesman for the Mexican Bishops’ Conference has revealed that donations from Catholics in that country have made it the... Read more
Darwin and Islam on Pope’s summer agenda, says Vatican analyst
In a column to be released this Wednesday, renowned Vatican analyst Sandro Magister of the Italian weekly “L’Espresso” says the... Read more
Jesuits commemorate 450th anniversary of death of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Jesuit provincial leaders from across Europe gathered at the Basilica of Loyola in Spain to concelebrate a special Mass with... Read more
Archbishop calls on Salvadorans to sign petition demanding protection of marriage
Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador has asked Salvadorans to support a petition calling on the country’s Congress to... Read more
Maronite archbishops tends to flock in hills of southern Lebanon
Archbishop Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage, Maronite Catholic Archbishop of Tyr, went into the hills of his war struck archdiocese yesterday, in search... Read more
