Archive for January 4, 2010
U.S. Postal Service recognizes Mother Teresa
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta will appear on a U.S. postal stamp in 2010, the postal service announced last week.... Read more
Thomas Aquinas College receives $2 million grant
The Dan Murphy Foundation of Los Angeles has approved a grant of $2 million to Thomas Aquinas College in honor... Read more
Pope Benedict sends personal secretary to disturbed woman
The Director of the Vatican Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, confirmed in a press communiqué on Sunday that over the... Read more
Pro-abortion congresswoman: Senate abortion language OK
Catholic Congresswoman, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) hinted last week that she will support the abortion language of the health care... Read more
CNA launches new version of mobile service
Cell phone and mobile device users who have benefited from CNA’s mobile services during the past year can now access... Read more
Pope sees reasons for hope in 2010
Pope Benedict XVI delivered a stirring message from the window of his apartment in the Vatican Palace above a packed... Read more
CNA updates YouTube channel
Catholic News Agency’s Youtube.com channel, CNA TV, has been redesigned for 2010 to allow users the ability to easily search... Read more
Northern Ireland cardinal remembered as 'champion of peace and justice'
Cardinal Cahal Brendan Daly, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland died on December 31 at 92 years-old. In recent days he... Read more
Montana Supreme Court issues weak decision on physician-assisted suicide
In its final decision of 2009, the Supreme Court of Montana denied victory to pro-euthanasia group “Compassion & Choices” on... Read more
Pope helps inaugurate Holy Year of St. James in Spain
In his greeting to Spanish-speakers after yesterday’s Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI recalled the recent opening of the Holy Year of... Read more
Sebelius: Senate health care plan will pay for abortions
In a little-publicized interview given with the Feminist blog, “BlogHer.com,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius praised the language... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI expresses grief for death of Japanese cardinal
Cardinal Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi, Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo, died at the age of 81 on December 30. The Japanese cardinal... Read more
Health care legislation needs ‘essential changes,’ bishops say
The U.S. Catholic bishops have said that the proposed health care bill is “deficient” and needs “essential changes” because it... Read more
Cardinal Pell blesses harbor ferry named for Bl. Mary MacKillop
Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal George Pell has blessed a “SuperCat” harbor ferry named for Blessed Mary MacKillop in one of... Read more
New Milwaukee archbishop calls on Catholics to 'sacrifice for the truth'
Archbishop Jerome Listecki was installed on January 4 as the 11th Archbishop of Milwaukee at the Cathedral of St. John... Read more
Medjugorje bishop says Cardinal Schönborn’s visit brings greater suffering to his diocese
Most Rev. Ratko Perić, the Bishop of Mostar-Duvno in Bosnia-Herzegovina, released a statement in which he criticizes Vienna, Austria’s Cardinal... Read more
