Archive for January 25, 2007

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Church of England supports Catholic position on homosexual adoption

The Church of England has weighed in on the public debate on whether the Catholic Church should be exempt from... Read more

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Boston archdiocese proposes redistribution of $3M from closed parishes

The Archdiocese of Boston wants to distribute more than $3 million held by closed parishes to 58 churches that took... Read more

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Christian schools in India refuse government order to observe Hindu practice

The Archdiocese of Bhopal issued a statement condemning a government order that obliges students in all schools and colleges to... Read more

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New era of relations between the Holy See and Vietnam begins

This morning Pope Benedict XVI received Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dang of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.  The meeting is... Read more

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Help the faithful rediscover the daily importance of Sacred Scripture, Pope instructs Synod of Bishops

At midday today, the Holy Father received members of the ordinary council of the Synod of Bishops, who are currently... Read more

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Vatican official condemns “self-genocide” of human race

The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Bishop Elio Sgreccia, denounced this week the different attacks on human life... Read more

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Government in Spanish region of Catalonia publishes “secular liturgical ritual” for baptism, marriage, and funerals

The government in the Spanish region of Catalonia has published a new manual consisting of pagan formulas to substitute for... Read more

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Bishop warns against “contagious pessimism” from negative media coverage of the Church

Bishop Juan Del Rio of Asidonia-Jerez de la Frontera encouraged Catholics this week not to fall prey to the “contagious... Read more

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Beatification process opened for 16 Spanish martyrs

The Archdiocese of Barcelona has announced that Archbishop Luis Martinez Sistach will preside at a ceremony this Thursday opening the... Read more

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Cardinal Bertone emphasizes the efforts of Pope Pius XII to save Jews during the Holocaust

During the presentation of a new book chronicling the “anonymous heroes” who worked against the Holocaust during World War II,... Read more