Archive for March 14, 2011

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By Alan Holdren

Vatican creates online presence for John Paul II as beatification nears

With the help of Facebook and YouTube users, the Vatican hopes to create a broad audience for material on the... Read more

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Cuban dissidents indignant over government support for Gaddaffi

The coordinator of the Christian Liberation Movement, Oswald Paya, stated March 8 that Cubans are furious with the communist government's... Read more

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Family expert accuses Spain of turning society against human life

The president of the Institute for Family Policy in Spain, Eduardo Hertfelder, recently accused the Spanish government of working to... Read more

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Caritas Japan working to rebuild lives of disaster victims

The Catholic relief agency Caritas Japan has begun working to help untold numbers of people rebuild their lives, amid the... Read more

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By Alan Holdren

World's largest bronze stations of the cross line street in Rome

Anyone making their way along Rome's Via della Conciliazione toward St. Peter's Basilica this Lent will be greeted by the... Read more

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Cuba frees 10 political prisoners, including Nobel peace prize nominee

Cuban officials released 10 more political prisoners, including prominent dissident  Oscar Elias Biscet, who was recently nominated for this year's... Read more