Archive for August 27, 2009
Ann Arbor sisters can't build fast enough to house new members
Though the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor are celebrating the completion of the construction... Read more
Archdiocese of San Francisco to host Gabriel Project conference
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is hosting a Gabriel Project conference to train Catholics from across northern California how to... Read more
Supreme Court denies diocese's appeal to keep court documents sealed
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by the Diocese of Bridgeport to keep the personnel files of some... Read more
Obama's Vatican ambassador arrives in Rome
This morning Dr. Miguel Diaz arrived in Rome with his family to begin serving in his new position as the... Read more
Requiem Mass for Sen. Kennedy to be held at Mission Church
Sen. Edward Kennedy’s funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston. The senator,... Read more
Bishops seek to overcome impasse between Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela
The secretary general of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba, said a meeting is being planned between the... Read more
Legalization of drugs leaves addicts helpless, priests in Argentina warn
The team of priests that assists at the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires’s Emergency Shelters has expressed its concern over a... Read more
Cardinal calls for release of kidnapped in Venezuela
The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, called on the faithful of Venezuela to pray for the release of... Read more
Homosexual unions cannot be equivalent to marriage, Portuguese archbishop said
The president of the Portuguese Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga, said this week, “Civil unions can be... Read more
Cardinal holds up Father Alberto Hurtado as example of holiness for priests
The Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz, told priests this week, “God calls us to be the first on... Read more
New Jersey bishops encourage Catholics to protect marriage against redefinition
The Catholic bishops of New Jersey have distributed a letter explaining Church teaching on marriage and refuting the errors of... Read more
Amid violence, Iraqi archbishop ‘more pessimistic than ever’ about Christians’ future
Louis Sako, Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk, has said that Iraqi Christians are facing “bad days” as “ineffective” security cannot prevent... Read more
