Archive for March 12, 2007
Assisted suicide has nothing to do with medicine, NCBC says
Physician assisted suicide is contrary to the medical profession and, if legalized, would lead to more deaths among the most... Read more
Cross of Christ illuminates all Christian wisdom, Pope Benedict tells European and Asian university students
On Saturday the Holy Father gathered by way of satellite link with thousands of university students from around Europe and... Read more
Vietnam trip ends positively, Vatican delegation reports
A Holy See delegation led by Msgr. Pietro Parolin, under-secretary for Relations with States, today returned to Rome after a... Read more
Toledo Cardinal: Spain on a path to destruction
In an interview with the Spanish weekly “Alba,” the Archbishop of Toledo, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, said, “Like Europe, Spain will... Read more
Cardinal addresses evangelization and religious pluralism
Interreligious dialogue allows the people of different religions each to witness to their faith and religious experience and to grow... Read more
Church in Brazil responds to president: distribution of condoms is the real hypocrisy
The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil has issued a strongly-worded response to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who... Read more
Leftists in Portuguese Congress garner enough votes to decriminalize abortion
The Portuguese Congress has approved a law that legalizes abortion up to the tenth week of pregnancy, despite that fact... Read more
Leaders propose creation of European Alliance to promote family-friendly policies
The president of the European Network of the Institute for Family Policy, Lola Velarde, said this week there is an... Read more
Conviction in the faith demands respect for others, new Italian Bishops’ Conference President says
During an interview with Vatican Radio, the new president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa, said... Read more
Connecting Nazi, Israeli policies ‘impermissible’, says German Church official
While it is “impermissible to make any connection between Nazi policies directed at Jews and the current Israeli policy towards... Read more
Pope Benedict to spend summer vacation in same mountain house used by JPII
The Vatican announced this weekend, by way of the Press Office of the Holy See, that Pope Benedict XVI will... Read more
Pope-Putin meeting to be “portent of good fruits” for the future
The Holy Father’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will be the first meeting between the president and... Read more
