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Montreal cardinal urges end to Catholic cemetery strike
Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal has urged both sides in the two-month-old strike at Canada's largest Catholic cemetery to come... Read more
San Diego firefighters say superiors forced them to ride in gay parade
SAN DIEGO — Four San Diego firefighters are filing legal claims against the City of San Diego after their superiors... Read more
Chilean diocese organizes Social Week: “The love of Christ impels us”
The Diocese of Iquique (Chile) will hold a Social Week August 11-18 in order to train “volunteers in each one... Read more
Argentineans celebrate feast of St. Cajetan, patron of divine providence
The Shrine of St. Cajetan in the Buenos Aires district of Liniers will celebrate the feast day of its patron... Read more
Hong Kong diocese issues revised version of papal letter to China’s Catholics
The Diocese of Hong Kong has issued a revised version of the Vatican's Chinese translation of Pope Benedict XVI's letter... Read more
100 House members sign onto Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act
More than 100 members of the House have signed onto a federal bill that would require abortion providers to give... Read more
Woman awarded settlement after hospital performs abortion against her will
A National Health Service (NHS) hospital trust has agreed to pay a woman £27,500 in an out-of-court settlement for aborting... Read more
Catholic charity forced to turn away children due to new gay law
One of the largest and oldest Roman Catholic adoption agencies in England, Catholic Care, will stop finding parents for children... Read more
Pope remembers Cardinal Lustiger as a “pastor who was passionate in the search for God”
In a personally signed telegram, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his profound sorrow at the passion of Cardinal Jean Marie Lustiger,... Read more
Adultery charges dropped in case against Archbishop Pius Ncube
The sensational adultery lawsuit against Archbishop Pius Ncube has an interesting new development. According to The Standard, papers were just... Read more
President of Uganda invites Pope Benedict to visit
The visit of Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has provided the... Read more
French Cardinal Jean Marie Lustiger dies at 80
Cardinal Jean Marie Lustiger, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris and one of the key players on the European stage during the... Read more
Pope Benedict--"Material riches are no assurance of salvation, but can in fact seriously compromise it"
In his Angelus address today, Pope Benedict called on the faithful to heed Christ’s warning not to become attached to... Read more
Morality without norms is product of distortion of sin, warns Argentinean archbishop
In a recent reflection, Archbishop Domingo Castagna of Corrientes warned that “sin always existed, since the first one was committed,”... Read more
Honduran officials to return 600 pieces of stolen sacred art
A Honduran government official in charge of the country’s cultural heritage said this week the government would return 600 pieces... Read more
Cardinal Bergoglio launches campaign to restore Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola
During a Mass on the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires launched a fundraising... Read more
Archbishop denounces attempts to implicate Church in 2002 coup attempt in Venezuela
Speaking on Union Radio, the president of the Committee on Culture and the Media of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop... Read more
Scouts called to continue offering invaluable service, says Pope
Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegram to the Scouts gathered in Chelmsford, England, for their Jamboree celebrating 100 years of... Read more
Church opposes Marxist and totalitarian socialism in Venezuela, says cardinal
Cardinal Jorge Urosa Sabino of Caracas warned this week there are indications that President Hugo Chavez’s “21st Century Socialism” is... Read more
Village transformed with Catholic agency's help
Just a few years ago, Ywadaw, a Catholic village in central Myanmar with about 220 families, was a disorganized and... Read more
