Archive for December 14, 2009

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New bishops meet with Pope Benedict, as does leader of Montenegro

Pope Benedict XVI had brief audiences with a number of people on Monday morning, including three newly ordained bishops and... Read more

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Pope visits hospice center, speaks about lessons of suffering

Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to the sick and health care workers of the Rome Hospice Foundation Sunday morning... Read more

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Madrid schools teaching 13 year-olds how to use condoms

The Spanish organization Professionals for Ethics has slammed the president of the Community of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, who despite her... Read more

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New movie on abortion attempts to spark honest debate

A new independent film explores the issue of a woman's ability to chose to have an abortion, using a blend... Read more

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Bus ads aim to attract lapsed Catholics in Dallas

As Christmas quickly approaches, the Diocese of Dallas has launched a campaign to bring lapsed Catholics back into the Church. One... Read more

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Founder of CLM: New movements help preserve Catholic identity amidst relativism

Catholic News Agency recently interviewed L.F. Figari, the founder of the Christian Life Movement (CLM), at the conclusion of the... Read more

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Abortion survivor talks about devastation and healing

Melissa Ohden, whose mother tried to have her aborted when she was six months old, is now herself a mother... Read more

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Vatican-Israel negotiations on holy sites appear to move forward

On December 10, delegations from the Vatican and Israel met in another attempt to resolve legal disputes regarding ownership of... Read more

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Holy See reiterates opposition to violation of homosexual persons’ human rights

Following an afternoon panel discussion about treatment of homosexuals by governments around the world, the Vatican’s legal attaché to the... Read more

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Cardinal Rigali to host Christmas Party for children helped by Catholic Social Services

Cardinal Justin Rigali will host the 54th annual Cardinal’s Christmas Party for Children for about 400 children who received services... Read more

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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws

Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

What do we know about the presentation of Mary?

Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Jimmy Lai’s wife, Teresa (left), and retired Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to attend Hong Kong activist publisher Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Jimmy Lai takes the stand in yearslong Hong Kong national security trial

Senior fellow at the National Catholic Bioethics Center Joseph Meaney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

Vietnam, with one of the highest abortion rates, leads UN initiative on premature births

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis reads Ukrainian student’s moving testimony of faith at general audience

Before the wooden coffin is closed, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vatican’s lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late pope’s face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes.

Vatican simplifies funeral rite for popes

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