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Life issues determined mid-term elections, say pro-life leaders
Pro-life leaders attribute the results of Tuesday’s mid-term elections to Republican candidates’ wavering positions on pro-life issues. The election brought... Read more
Priest, injured in Iraq, utters first words in over 2 years
For the last two years, Father H. Timothy Vakoc has lay nearly comatose in a Minnesota hospital. Last week, however,... Read more
Elections bring some good news for marriage, bad news for pro-life activists
Yesterday's elections in the United States, which brought the first Democratic controlled House of Representatives (and possibly Senate) since 1994,... Read more
Bishop Larkin, English tutor to JP II, dies
Bishop William Thomas Larkin, who headed the Diocese of St. Petersburg, from 1979 to 1988, died Nov. 4, after a... Read more
Supreme Court to hear arguments re partial-birth abortion ban
Pro-life groups are hopeful as the United States Supreme Court heads into hearings Wednesday on the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth... Read more
Catholic League says Denver Archdiocese subject of witch hunt
Catholic League president William Donohue says the request that the Archdiocese of Denver release all church documents related to sexually... Read more
First American Catholic cathedral reopens
The first Roman Catholic cathedral built in the United States reopened to the public in Baltimore Saturday after undergoing a... Read more
Students show surprising support for parental notification bill
A large number of students surprised pundits by voting in support of Proposition 85, the parental-notification-before-abortion measure, in an Oct.... Read more
Israeli-Palestinian must still be solved for good of world, Pope’s UN rep. says
In comments offered Thursday, regarding the United Nation’s Report on Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic... Read more
Archbishop Myers speaks out on New Jersey marriage ruling
Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, New Jersey has issued a letter in response to the New Jersey Supreme Court’s... Read more
UN agents try to stop Nicaragua's vote on abortion
A United Nations committee on women’s rights sent a letter to Nicaraguan politicians prior to their historic vote last week... Read more
Historic cathedral to reopen after major two-year renovation
An historic Catholic cathedral, the first built in the United States after the signing of the Constitution, will reopen this... Read more
Mass. bishops urge action from Catholics re marriage amendment
The bishops of Massachusetts are calling on Catholics to contact their state senators and representatives and to urge them to... Read more
Women's group releases list of pro-family, pro-life referenda
Women’s public policy organization Concerned Women for America has released a list of state referenda regarding family and life issues,... Read more
Amnesty International proceeds with divisive abortion policy
Members of Amnesty International at a Chicago conference last week were unable to debate the rights’ organization’s controversial draft policy... Read more
National priests' group announces election novena
Priests for Life launched an election novena yesterday, asking that “God to give believers the grace to vote in a... Read more
US bishops submit plan to Sec. Rice in effort to protect Christians in Iraq
The U.S. bishops are calling on the Bush administration to secure the safety of Christians and other religious minorities in... Read more
Marriage is defendable on human reason alone, says bishop
The definition of marriage should not be altered as it is defined by natural law, which is based on human... Read more
Catholic leaders weigh in on US Senate candidate
The race for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania between Republican candidate Rick Santorum and Democratic candidate, Robert Casey Jr.... Read more
Knights sponsor spiritual pilgrimage with Pope during visit to Turkey
The Knights of Columbus announced yesterday that it will sponsor a spiritual pilgrimage with Pope Benedict XVI as he travels... Read more
