Archive for October 15, 2010
Diocese of Colorado Springs backs public school’s ban on wearing rosaries
Responding to a ban on the wearing of rosaries at a Colorado public school, the Diocese of Colorado Springs has... Read more
Pro-life group launches ad campaign in Florida condemning racial targeting
A pro-life group announced the launch of a controversial ad campaign this week in Florida that decries abortionists such as... Read more
Miami bishop lauds improved working conditions for Florida tomato farmers
Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami praised recent developments that improved conditions for workers in Florida’s tomato industry, expressing his hope... Read more
Federal contraception mandate wouldn't help women, physician and researcher says
Planned Parenthood and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) began a new joint effort this week to lobby... Read more
Vatican official calls for 'pastoral conversion' on new media
The Church must intensify its presence in today’s "digital culture," Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for... Read more
Church ever united against hunger, Pope tells FAO chief
International cooperation is needed in the fight to achieve "authentic human development" and eliminate hunger in the world, Pope Benedict... Read more
Pope urges Italian Catholics to enter politics without inferiority complexes
Pope Benedict XVI has called Catholics in Italy back to the Church's "inheritance of values" to face the future creatively.... Read more
Leader of Jerusalem Catholics optimistic about peace
Despite more than six decades of conflict in the Holy Land, the leader of Jerusalem’s Catholic community, Patriarch Fouad Twal,... Read more
Omaha archbishop shuts down Intercessors of the Lamb
Just two weeks after their leader resigned, the group Intercessors of the Lamb ceased to exist as a Catholic entity.... Read more
