Archive for March 5, 2009
Obama’s pro-life backers risk usurping bishops, critic says
Though some have hoped that pro-life Catholic supporters of President Barack Obama would persuade the president to moderate his “extremist”... Read more
Maryland March for Life to rally against Sebelius pick
The 30th Annual Maryland March for Life will take place on Monday, March 9, organizers have announced, saying they want... Read more
Small Alaskan parishes thrive during Lenten season despite priest shortage
Two full days after Ash Wednesday, Catholics in remote Alaska villages were walking around with freshly drawn ashen crosses on... Read more
Itinerary for Pope’s visit to Roman Town Hall released
Today the schedule for Pope Benedict’s brief March 9 visit to Rome’s Town Hall was made public by the Vatican. Read more
Bishops call a 'Mexico stained with blood' to conversion
The bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua have exhorted “those who are involved in violence” to be reconciled with... Read more
Mother of comatose woman: ‘My daughter is the most beautiful thing I could ever have’
The Paraguayan Catholic weekly “Cristo hoy” published the moving story of Carolina Ramirez who, like Eluana Englaro, has also been... Read more
Calling Sebelius pro-life is ‘very, very dishonest,’ says Kansas City archbishop
In response to reports that Governor of Kansas Kathleen Sebelius is the reason the abortion rate in her state has decreased,... Read more
Pro-life experts ask Obama not to push abortion in Latin America
The Latin American Post-Abortion Care Network has sent an open letter to President Barack Obama asking him to reverse his... Read more
Bishop receives death threats for denouncing human trafficking rings
Bishop Jose Luis Azcona of Marajo, Brazil, has received death threats for denouncing the sexual exploitation of human trafficking rings... Read more
Expert says abortion was legalized in Colombia with invalid statistics
The head of the bioethics department for the University of La Sabana’s school of medicine, Pablo Arango Restrepo is claiming... Read more
Archbishop Naumann says Gov. Sebelius nomination ‘particularly troubling’
Archbishop of Kansas City Joseph F. Naumann has responded to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ nomination to President Obama’s Cabinet, calling... Read more
Jesuit university cancels production of V-Monologues
Joining the trend of colleges steering clear of the “lewd” activist feminist play, Fr. Michael Engh, SJ, president of the... Read more
‘Strong majority’ of California justices against overturning Prop. 8
The California Supreme Court on Thursday began hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the successful ballot... Read more
