Europe News
Abortion clinics in Spain to go on strike
Abortion clinics in Spain have decided to go on strike January 8-12 and suspend services as a protest “in defense... Read more
Pro-life proposal threatens to unseat Italian government
A new bill tightening abortion laws could split the Italian government’s ruling coalition, Bloomberg News reports. Read more
Cardinal Rode calls on Jesuits to restore “sense of the Church”
During the opening Mass for the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, Cardinal Franc Rode, prefect of the... Read more
Padre Pio relatives protest saint’s exhumation
Relatives are strongly opposing the planned exhumation and display of the body of St. Padre Pio, the twentieth-century Italian priest... Read more
Polish church commemorating John Paul II faces financial problems
A Polish church that has been under construction since 1791 and is now intended to celebrate the Polish-born Pope John... Read more
Practicing Catholics now outnumber Anglicans in the UK
In the United Kingdom, new research has found that services offered by the Church of England are no longer the... Read more
New multimedia news website launches service in eight languages
Led by the Computer Network of the Church in Latin America (RIIAL), the new multimedia Catholic news website www.H2Onews.org has... Read more
Congress in Spain rejects petition by leftists to liberalize abortion
By a vote of 277-21, Spain’s House of Representatives rejected a motion presented this week by left-wing lawmakers that would... Read more
Socialists in Spain consider restrictions on abortion in wake of clinic discoveries
In the wake of investigations that have uncovered illegal abortions and morbid practices at several clinics in Madrid and Barcelona,... Read more
Fundacion Vida calls on Spanish society to show “humanity” to defenseless
The Foundation Vida in Spain said this week that the arrests of more health care workers involved in illegal abortions... Read more
British churches, fearing drunks, cancel midnight Mass
Churches in Britain are canceling midnight Mass out of fear of drunk driving, street violence, and the disruption of services... Read more
Spanish government suspends funding of pro-life centers
The Association for the Defense of Life in Valencia has denounced the decision by the government to suspend the funding... Read more
Peace is fruit of justice, but above all of forgiveness and reconciliation, Pope tells the youth
“If peace is the fruit of justice, it is even more so of forgiveness, which truly seals the reconciliation between... Read more
Vatican lauds UN death penalty moratorium
The Vatican on Tuesday praised the recent United Nations vote calling for a moratorium on the death penalty. Vatican spokesman... Read more
Clinic closed down in Madrid for falsifying documents to justify illegal abortions
Officials in Madrid closed down the Mayrit clinic for irregularities including the falsification of documents in order to justify abortions,... Read more
Holy Father calls Christians to be witnesses of hope
In his fifth visit as Pope to a Roman parish community, the Holy Father visited “Santa Maria del Rosario ai... Read more
President of France to meet with Pope
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will go to the Vatican next week for talks with Pope Benedict XVI, the Associated Press... Read more
British IVF bill allowed free vote, could scuttle bill
Senior British Cabinet ministers who were initially told they must support an immoral bill regulating in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or leave... Read more
Christmas message from Archbishop of Glasgow
Christmas cards by the sackful come pouring into my house and the office from family and friends, members of the... Read more
Vatican holds spiritual movie festival
The Vatican Pontifical Councils for Culture and Social Communications will host the 11th Festival of Spiritual Movies dubbed “Tertio Millennio”,... Read more
