Archive for January 22, 2009

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Archbishop Vigneron calls for opposition to Obama abortion stand

Archbishop Allen Vigneron, the next Archbishop of Detroit, has expressed disappointment with Obama’s position on abortion and has called for... Read more

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Bill Ayers to lecture at Catholic college on ‘pursuit of social justice’

St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California has invited the sixties radical Bill Ayers to speak in a lecture series titled... Read more

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Vatican expert: Pope Benedict XVI to lift excommunication of Lefebvrists this week

Andrea Tornielli, the Vatican expert of the Italian daily "Il Giornale" announced today that Pope Benedict XVI has decided to... Read more

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With new citizenship Pope says he can live close to Mary

After the conclusion of his weekly general audience yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI was made an honorary citizen of the Marian... Read more

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Obama Catholics to appear at March for Life

Pro-Obama Catholic organizations who have been promoting the idea the fight against Roe v Wade should be abandoned by pro-lifers... Read more

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Rep. Smith: Continue the battle even with a pro-abortion administration

This morning Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) addressed the crowds at the March for Life in Washington D.C., which commemorates... Read more

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Nuncio personally delivers papal donation for Gaza

The Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Cyprus and the Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem, Archbishop Antonio Franco, visited the Gaza Strip... Read more

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Bishop says troops should be withdrawn when peace comes

Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad, Shlemon Warduni, said this week, “Words are nice, but it is now time for action.... Read more

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Pro-lifers demand clinic be closed until botched abortion investigated

The Spanish Federation of Pro-Life Associations has demanded that the ministers of Health and of Equality, Bernat Soria and Bibiana... Read more

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Venezuelan bishops denounce latest attacks on Pope's representative

The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela has issued a statement in response to an attack against the Apostolic... Read more

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Roe v. Wade the ‘Dredd Scott’ of our age, commentator argues

In an article for the National Review, M. Edward Whelan III, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, made... Read more

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Vietnamese state media awarded for faked reports

Vietnamese Catholics have reacted critically to the bestowal of journalism awards upon two media outlets for reporting that vilifies Catholics... Read more

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Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador.

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Close to the Pantheon in the heart of Rome, one of the city’s oldest and most popular ecclesiastical tailor shops — Ditta Annibale Gammarelli — is ready for the Dec. 7, 2024, consistory for the creation of new cardinals.

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A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier from the Kobe City Museum collection.

Remembering St. Francis Xavier’s missionary zeal

Missouri’s bishops said citizens can reach out to the governor’s office to express opposition to the pending execution of Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri convicted murderer’s death row case

According to Venerable English College, during the Catholic persecution in England, students would gather around the “Martyrs’ Picture” in the chapel to sing the Te Deum — a Latin hymn of thanksgiving — whenever news reached Rome of the martyrdom of a former student. This custom continues today on Martyrs’ Day, Dec. 1, when the relics of the martyrs, preserved beneath the altar, are venerated by the students.

English seminary in Rome commemorates Martyrs’ Day on St. Ralph Sherwin’s feast

Smoke of war rises over a residential area in Aleppo. On Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported.

As Aleppo’s Christians face new ordeal, Church leaders call for courage and faith

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

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