Archive for December 9, 2009
Archbishop encourages 'sexual responsibility' to combat AIDS in El Salvador
With many AIDS prevention campaigns relying solely on condom use, Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador has asked... Read more
Case challenging rights of unborn in Ireland could be ‘Roe v. Wade of Europe’
Ireland’s constitutional amendment protecting the unborn could be overturned in a “pivotal” case before the European Court of Human Rights... Read more
Vatican congregation exonerates Long Island monsignor of sex abuse charges
A New York Catholic priest close to former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani will return to ministry after being... Read more
Pope Benedict appoints bishop of Texas diocese
The Vatican announced today that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Flores of the Archdiocese of Detroit as... Read more
Cardinal encourages prisoners to find strength in the Word of God
The Papal Vicar for the Diocese of Rome, Cardinal Agostino Vallini, encouraged those in prison to the turn to the... Read more
Impact of 'climate change' on the poor must not be ignored, says Vatican spokesman
The director of the Vatican Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, asked delegates gathered at the United Nations Climate Change Conference... Read more
Benedict XVI focuses General Audience on Real presence of Jesus in Eucharist
Pope Benedict XVI turned once again to the Middle Ages for a model of faith in his address at today's... Read more
Spanish bishop questions why government is intent on removing crucifixes
Bishop Jose Sanchez of Siguenza-Guadalajara in Spain wondered aloud Monday why the Spanish government is so concerned about the removal... Read more
U.S. Bishops 'deplore' Senate dismissal of abortion amendment
A statement issued this morning by the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Cardinal Francis George,... Read more
Cloture vote now key after failure of abortion funding restrictions in health care bill
With the failure of the Nelson-Hatch Amendment restrictions on abortion funding, focus turns to a cloture vote to end debate... Read more
First U.S.-Vatican ambassador a ‘pivotal figure,’ head Knight of Columbus says
William A. Wilson, the first ambassador of the United States to the Holy See, was a “pivotal figure” in American-Vatican... Read more
Cardinal calls for rediscovery of value of priesthood
In an upcoming pastoral letter, the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Italy, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa, calls on... Read more
