Archive for January 23, 2007
China to repeal policy on sex-selection abortions
The Chinese government has committed to do more to end sex-selection abortions and to correct a growing gender imbalance in... Read more
Bishops call on Catholics to be educated, speak out on stem-cell research
The bishops of North Carolina are calling on the state’s 400,000 Catholics to learn more about embryonic stem-cell research and... Read more
Abbot Pierre, founder of the Emmaus community, dead at 94
Abbe Pierre, one of the most popular and controversial figures in recent French Catholicism, died Monday at the age of... Read more
Forensic doctor reveals former Mexican president ordered autopsy not to be performed on Cardinal Posadas
A forensic doctor in Mexico has raised eyebrows across the country by stating this week that former President Carlos Salinas... Read more
Navarro Valls says Spanish president leading the country in wrong direction
The former director of the Holy See Press Office, Joaquin Navarro Valls, warned this week that by promoting homosexual unions,... Read more
Public officials who limit religious freedom are “unacceptable tyrants,” archbishop warns
Upon celebrating the feast of St. Vincent the Martyr, patron of the Archdiocese of Valencia, Archbishop Garcia-Gasco warned that “when... Read more
New book by John Paul II’s personal secretary says retirement was discussed
Pope John Paul II’s former personal secretary will release his new book this week on his experience as the late... Read more
China says Vatican overture a "step forward"
Church leaders of the "underground" and "open" Catholic communities in China have welcomed a Vatican statement concerning a special meeting... Read more
Progress towards Christian unity being made, Cardinal Kasper says
Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, said at a Vatican press briefing today that... Read more
