Archive for June 13, 2008
Discount for student contraceptives added to Iraq war funding bill
An amendment that would indirectly fund Planned Parenthood and university health clinics that distribute contraceptives has been added by the... Read more
Australian docs perform successful ‘in utero’ operation
Australian doctors have successfully performed the country’s earliest in-utero surgery by saving an unborn girl’s left foot from a blood... Read more
Georgia case emblematic of coercive abortion practices, pro-lifers say
A pro-life group has cited the recent case of a Georgia woman who pressured her teenage son’s girlfriend to have... Read more
Retreat promotes encountering Christ while caring for environment
A new Catholic environmental organization that seeks to repair the relationship between people and nature is hosting a retreat to... Read more
President Bush ‘honored’ to meet Holy Father at the Vatican
This morning at the Vatican, U.S. President, George W. Bush met with the Holy Father in the Tower of St.... Read more
Relics of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati to be present at WYD
Today the Vatican announced that the relics of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a student and member of the Dominican Third... Read more
Vatican approves statutes of the Neo-Catechumenal Way
This morning, the President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, delivered the decree of approval and... Read more
Beatification may be soon for 250 Spanish martyrs
The AVAN news agency reported this week that the Holy See has given the green light to move ahead with... Read more
Forty-thousand Mexicans to march against legalization of abortion
Nearly 40,000 Mexicans will march on June 22 to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe to pray for the... Read more
Brazilian Supreme Court to consider cases on abortion and gay unions
Brazil’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear cases in August on the legalization of abortion for babies with anencephaly and... Read more
Survey finds some Catholics looking for a political home
A new survey examining party affiliation and religious observance finds that Catholic support is about evenly split between the Republican... Read more
English paper announces President Bush may be considering Catholicism
Today as President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI met at the Vatican, rumors swirled that Bush is considering converting to... Read more
Embryonic stem cell research 'absolutely unacceptable,' U.S. bishops say
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), gathered for its spring meeting in Orlando, on Friday issued its first... Read more
