Archive for December 8, 2008
Renowned handicapped writer and defender of life dies in Spain
Spanish author Olga Bejano died on December 5 in Spain after a 20 year-long battle with a neuro-muscular disease that... Read more
Pope: Mary reflects the beauty that saves the world
In celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pope Benedict XVI presided over the angelus prayer today... Read more
Panamanian congress shelves controversial law against life and the family
Panama’s House of Representatives has decided to suspend discussion on a controversial law on sexual and reproductive education which was... Read more
Terminally ill patients in Montana have ‘right’ to physician-assisted suicide
Last Friday Montana became the third state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide when a judge ruled that physicians could prescribe life-ending... Read more
New book by Peruvian founder released at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The new book “Formacion y Mision” (Formation and Mission) by Luis Fernando Figari, superior general of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae... Read more
Catholics on trial in Vietnam receive suspended jail time
This morning in Vietnam eight Catholics charged with destroying property and disturbing the public order were found guilty but received... Read more
Bolivian lawmaker announces plan to tax Masses
The Bolivian media is reporting that after the vote on the country’s new Constitution on January 25, the government of... Read more
Cardinal Maida speaks up for struggling automotive industry
Cardinal Adam Maida, the Archbishop of Detroit, on December 4 privately met with various religious leaders he had invited to... Read more
Scottish cardinal leaves helm of agency after gay adoptions imposed
Following the implementation of a U.K. law requiring adoption agencies to serve homosexual couples, Cardinal Keith O’Brien has resigned as... Read more
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor criticizes secular intolerance of Catholic beliefs
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster and head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, has penned a newspaper... Read more
