Archive for December 14, 2010
Vatican’s global importance evident in leaked cables
Leaked State Department cables are giving insight into the Vatican’s influential role on the world stage and the United States’... Read more
Iraqi government building walls around churches after anti-Christian violence
Concrete walls up to 10 feet high are being built around churches in Baghdad and Mosul to protect Christmas churchgoers... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI expresses solidarity with Colombian landslide victims
Pope Benedict XVI has expressed solidarity with the victims of the Dec. 5 landslide in the Colombian town of Bello. Read more
Mexican cardinal demands that drug cartels respect holiday season
Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez of Guadalajara, Mexico has called on drug cartels to respect the holiday season after a group... Read more
Legionaries of Christ no longer promoting their founder
Under Vatican authorization, the head of the Legionaries of Christ announced that he is implementing new changes regarding their deceased... Read more
Al-Qaida hatred for Pope caused US worries about Vatican security
Speaking frankly about “the known al-Qaida antipathy to the Pope,” American embassy officials in 2008 asked the U.S. State Department... Read more
Expert criticizes UN distribution of condoms in Peru
The Latin American director of the Population Research Institute, Carlos Polo, recently charged that the United Nations' donation of 20,000... Read more
