Archive for March 27, 2008
Houston church vandalized twice during Holy Week
During Holy Week a Catholic church in Houston was targeted by iconoclastic vandals who in separate incidents damaged two statues... Read more
Catholic vote could make or break McCain, says Reagan Catholic liaison
Supporters of all major party candidates for the United States presidency are angling to discover how to best appeal to... Read more
Young need lessons in morality
Religious educators attending a workshop entitled “Teaching Morality to Adolescents” at the 41st Annual Diocesan Religious Education Workshop Day held... Read more
Holy See hopes to raise John Paul II to the altars “as soon as possible”
In an interview with Vatican Radio, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints,... Read more
Muslim medical consortium fully supports Catholic fight against U.K. embryology bill
The chorus of Catholic voices speaking out against the proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in the U.K. is being... Read more
Peru, Argentina and Ecuador mark Day of the Unborn Child
Although it was not an official holiday, thousands of people in Peru, Argentina and Ecuador celebrated the Day of the... Read more
Muslim convert baptized by the Pope to marry in the Church
The Muslim journalist Magdi Allam, who was received into the Church during the Easter Vigil by Pope Benedict XVI, plans... Read more
Benedict XVI names deaf priest “Prelate of Honor”
A Cuban priest who works on the Spanish island of Tenerife has been named an honorary Prelate by Pope Benedict... Read more
Eugenic practices in Spain leading to “extinction” of Down’s syndrome children
The director of Fundacion Vida in Spain, Manuel Cruz, said cases of “Down’s Syndrome have been reduced by half due... Read more
Two California conferences to mark 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae
The California Catholic Daily reports that the Diocese of San Bernardino and the Diocese of Oakland will host two separate... Read more
George Weigel discusses implications of Pope’s baptism of Muslim convert
George Weigel, a Catholic scholar and biographer of Pope John Paul II, in a recent interview with National Review Online... Read more
Saudi monarch proposes monotheistic religious dialogue with “our brothers”
A proposal for religious dialogue presented by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has prompted warm reactions from several Jewish, Christian,... Read more
