Archive for January 23, 2009
Florida bishops gear up for Catholic Schools Week
In preparation for Catholic Schools Week, the bishops of Florida have released a statement recognizing the valuable social contributions made... Read more
Boston mom accuses McFadden’s previous employers of a ‘cover-up’
A Boston-area Catholic woman is accusing a social justice group of ignoring her warnings that a former employee, who is... Read more
Pro-life community organizing effort launches in New York City
A new pro-life initiative in New York City is being launched to rally pro-lifers and to persuade other Americans to... Read more
House Republicans ask Obama to disavow ‘FOCA agenda’
More than 100 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter to President Barack Obama asking... Read more
Likely Moscow patriarch stresses differences with Catholic belief
An Orthodox prelate considered to be the most likely successor of Patriarch of Moscow Alexy II has said that while... Read more
Pope channel makes debut on YouTube
Pope Benedict XVI has launched himself into the digital age today with the Vatican announcing that a YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/vatican... Read more
Supreme Knight convokes summit of charitable groups to confront crisis
In a speech delivered on Jan. 23 at Fairfield University, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson invited the nation’s top charitable and... Read more
Benedict XVI praises new technologies, stresses using them for good
Speaking on the Holy Father’s Message for the 43rd World Day of Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of... Read more
Pope Benedict willing to take risks to proclaim Christ on the internet
The president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, explained this week that Pope Benedict XVI... Read more
Obama overturns Mexico City Policy, pro-lifers react
Pro-life leaders reacted critically to President Barack Obama’s Friday reversal of President George W. Bush’s ban on federal funding for... Read more
Pope’s vicar calls on teachers to educate in hope and be witnesses of Christ
Cardinal Agostino Vallini, Vicar for the Diocese of Rome, has sent a letter to Catholic teachers encouraging them to educate... Read more
Korean cardinal expresses joy at Christian unity in Korea
Thousands of Catholics and Christians of other confessions gathered in Seoul this week for an ecumenical gathering to mark the... Read more
Italian bishop to celebrate memorial Mass for elderly priest murdered in Kenya
Bishop Giuseppe Cavallotto of Cuneo and Fosano, the birthplace of Father Giuseppe Bertaina, will celebrate a memorial Mass for the... Read more
USCCB: "reversal of Mexico City Policy is very disappointing"
Immediately after President Barack Obama signed the executive order reversing the Mexico City policy, at what was described as "a... Read more
Colorado bishops: Obama's reversal of Mexico City Policy "profoundly unfortunate"
In a statement issued minutes after the White House confirmed the reversal of the policy protecting foreign nations from the... Read more
