Archive for February 1, 2008
India Catholics set world record for 40 hour singing marathon
Catholics in southwestern India have set a new world record by singing non-stop for 40 hours, UCA News reports. Read more
Boston gym’s ad featuring nuns and a naked man draws fire
A Boston-area fitness club’s advertisement depicting nuns and a naked man has attracted harsh criticism, CBS News reports. Read more
U.S. RU-486 provider investigated for contaminated leukemia drugs
A state-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company that manufactures the RU-486 abortion pill faces accusations that tainted leukemia drugs produced by the... Read more
Bishops and European mediators meet to push for release of hostages in Colombia
The ambassadors of Spain, France and Switzerland to Colombia met this Wednesday with a group of bishops participating in the... Read more
Vietnamese government agrees to return nunciature “out of respect for the Pope”
Following years of efforts and prayers, Catholics in Hanoi have agreed to stop protesting as the Vietnamese government says it... Read more
After 70 years...Greek-Catholic bishops return to the Vatican
For the first time in 70 years, the bishops of the Greek-Catholic Church of Ukraine were able to pay a... Read more
International congress commemorates 20th anniversary of “Mulieris Dignitatem”
Celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of John Paul II's Apostolic Letter on the dignity and vocation of women, “Mulieris dignitatem”,... Read more
Benedict XVI’s prayer intentions for February released
Today the Press Office of the Holy See released Pope Benedict's prayer intentions for the month of February. Read more
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Communion in hand should be revised, Vatican official says
Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Cult and Discipline of the Sacraments has said that... Read more
Cardinal Pell slams proposed tax on children
Obstetrician and associate professor of medicine Barry NJ Walters of the Australian Medical Association said recently he intends to propose... Read more
Education for Citizenship seeks to dominate emotions in order to control people, Spanish cardinal warns
In an interview with Libertad Digital Television, the Archbishop of Toledo, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, said the purpose of the controversial... Read more
More aid needed for families to combat demographic winter in Spain, group says
The president of the Institute for Family Policy in Spain, Eduardo Hertfelder, asked politicians this week who are running for... Read more
Ex-bishop in Paraguay makes presidential bid official
Despite being suspended “A divinis” by the Holy See and his brothers in the episcopate, suspended Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo... Read more
Rick Santorum endorses Mitt Romney for president
Mitt Romney scored a victory in the political endorsement battle today, as Rick Santorum, a former Republican senator from Pennsylvania... Read more
