Archive for September 15, 2010

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Detroit's first Native American priest chosen as cultural consultant for USCCB

Father Maurice Henry Sands, pastor of St. Alfred parish in Taylor, Michigan, has been appointed as a consultant to the... Read more

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Fr. Robert Barron to launch national Catholic television show on WGN America

Fr. Robert Barron of the Archdiocese of Chicago will begin broadcasting a weekly national television show on WGN America to... Read more

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Writer blasts secular Britain’s anti-Catholicism in run-up to papal visit

Belfast-born author and journalist Leo McKinstry has said an anti-Catholic mood before the papal visit to the U.K. is comparable... Read more

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Role of Church is to lead us to heaven, teaches Spanish archbishop

During a Mass of Thanksgiving for the beatification of Capuchin Friar Leopold of Alpandeire, Archbishop Javier Martinez of Granada recalled... Read more

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Church indebted to courageous women, teaches Holy Father

Continuing his theme on women's contributions to the Church throughout history, Pope Benedict recalled the life of St. Clare of... Read more

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Tony Blair highlights intellectual courage of Cardinal Newman and Benedict XVI

On the eve of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United Kingdom this week, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair... Read more

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Columnist denounces ‘media charade’ over infanticide cases in Mexico

A columnist from the Mexican newspaper El Universal has denounced the recent “media charade” carried out by abortion supporters that... Read more

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Morning-after pill distorts abortion figures in Spain, experts assert

The president of the Institute for Family Policy in Spain, Eduardo Hertfelder, charged this week that the widespread distribution of... Read more

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UK prime minister offers Pope Benedict 'very warm welcome'

Two days before the official state visit of Pope Benedict XVI to England and Scotland, British Prime Minister David Cameron... Read more

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New project to help preserve Cardinal Newman’s manuscripts and spread his ideas

The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) has launched a project to help preserve the handwritten manuscripts of the nineteenth-century convert and... Read more

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Priests have been 'worse' than silent on contraception, says canon law expert

Adding to Vatican analyst Sandro Magister's recent commentary on the issue of widespread contraception use among Catholics today, a noted... Read more

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Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, knocks on the door of Notre-Dame Cathedral during a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark Cathedral, in central Paris, on Dec. 7, 2024.

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Pope Francis arrives for a consistory at St. Peter's Basilica with visible bruising on his face, Vatican City, Dec. 7, 2024. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni explained that the Pope suffered a contusion after hitting his chin on a bedside table the previous morning.

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Pope Francis places the red biretta on Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, archbishop of Naples, during the consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica, Dec. 7, 2024.

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Both Chile’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate approved a rule in the national budget to prevent the financing of transgender-focused hormone and surgical treatments for minors in the public health network

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St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio.

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A firefighter in Rome pays tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary by laying a wreath of fresh flowers at her statue atop a column near the Spanish Steps at dawn on Dec. 8, 2023.

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Ryan Clarke, Harrison Tinsley, and Adam Vena, who have each faced custody battles over their opposition to transgender ideology, rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court with activist and detransitioner Chloe Cole on Dec. 4, 2024.

Fathers who lost their children to gender ideology: ‘I feel so betrayed’

When asked what Christians can do outside the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa responded: “Pray and support. Support the Christian community as much as they can.”

Cardinal Pizzaballa: Pope Francis calls Holy Family Church in Gaza every day

Pope Francis meets with the College of Cardinals on July 1, 2024.

What does it mean that almost half of the new cardinals will be from religious orders?

Left to right: Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe, Archbishop Fernando Chomali, Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas, and Bishop Mykola Bychok, CSsR, will be made cardinals in a consistory on Dec. 7, 2024.

New cardinals emphasize Church unity, evangelization ahead of consistory

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