Archive for August 7, 2007
San Diego firefighters say superiors forced them to ride in gay parade
SAN DIEGO — Four San Diego firefighters are filing legal claims against the City of San Diego after their superiors... Read more
Montreal cardinal urges end to Catholic cemetery strike
Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal has urged both sides in the two-month-old strike at Canada's largest Catholic cemetery to come... Read more
US bishops launch new marriage resource website
The U.S. Catholic bishops recently launched a website designed to promote healthy marriages among couples of all faiths. The site... Read more
Condemnation for slanted media coverage of American priest's murder in Mexico
Church officials in Mexico, thousands of faithful, and the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, have strongly condemned... Read more
Cardinal Bertone convenes K of C convention, promises to personally push for founder's canonization
In his first trip to the United States as the Secretary of State for the Vatican, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone opened... Read more
Renowned priest forgives those who accused him of “sexual abuse”
Popular Italian priest Fr. Pierino Gelmini, 82, said this week he forgives the drug addicts who were expelled from his... Read more
Chavez says Catholic hierarchy defends immorality and attacks the truth
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continued his attacks on the bishops of the country this week, calling them “frantic defenders of... Read more
Cuban bishop says more pastoral visits to prisons will be made
Bishop Domingo Oropesa of Cienfuegos announced this week the Church in Cuba would increase the number of pastoral visits to... Read more
Arturo Mari shares memories of 51 years as papal photographer
Arturo Mari, who spent 51 years photographing the diverse episodes of the lives of the popes, has begun sharing his... Read more
Archbishop Oscar Romero; A martyr for religion or politics?
Archbishop Oscar Romero was quoted telling the reporters of El Salvador, “You can tell the people that if they succeed... Read more
