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Sunday should be kept for worship, family and community life say Belgian Bishops
Yesterday, on the occasion of a debate over the increase of the phenomenon of “ Sunday Shopping,” with many stores... Read more
Colombian priest to provide chaplain services to Hispanic US troops in Iraq
Colombian-born Father Luis Silva is set to travel to Iraq and Afghanistan as a member of the US military chaplaincy... Read more
Cardinal Cipriani calls for “truce” to allow new Peruvian government to take form
The Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, sent greetings to the new President-elect of Peru, Alan Garcia, and called... Read more
Satanic sect thought to be behind murder of Colombian family on 6/6/06
Authorities believe a satanic group may be behind the murder of six members of a Colombian family in the town... Read more
Ruling Socialist party in Bolivia seizes lands surrounding national Marian shrine
The ruling Socialist party in Bolivia has seized lands surrounding the Marian Shrine of Copacabana, which are used to help... Read more
Simple majority not enough to pass marriage amendment
The Senate today, voted to reject a proposed amendment to the US Constitution which would ban gay "marriage". Read more
Volunteers for World Meeting of Families include 84 year-old woman
The AVAN news agency is reporting that an 84 year-old widow and mother of two is the oldest volunteer for... Read more
Spanish television channel publicizing boycott of the Pope demands rights to broadcast papal visit
Organizers of next July’s World Meeting of Families, which will be attended by Pope Benedict XVI, have expressed dismay over... Read more
World conference in Rome to address stem cell use in therapeutic research
The International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations and the Pontifical Academy for Life will hold a World Meeting on the... Read more
US bishops support congressional resolutions denouncing Chinese ordinations
Bishop Thomas Wenski has urged the Bush Administration to communicate to Chinese authorities the impact the unauthorized ordination of two... Read more
Catechists trained to use computer-based faith-education program
A new computer-based faith-education program for children unlocks a different Gospel story each month - linking Sunday Mass readings to... Read more
Don’t expect endorsement of the Church, Nicaraguan archbishop tells political candidates
Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes of Managua has asked the country’s presidential candidates to refrain from pressuring the Church for an endorsement... Read more
Court decision allowing Muslim course in public schools is ‘double standard’
The Thomas More Law Center has requested the United States Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’... Read more
Pope speaks on the Primacy of Peter
Pope Benedict spoke today on the foundation of the Catholic Church upon the rock represented by St. Peter the Apostle,... Read more
Young must see in the Church a friend, not an obstacle, Pope says
The Church and its teaching must be presented to the youth as a friend and not as an obstacle to... Read more
New Vatican document reiterates marriage as the only appropriate place for human procreation
The family is the only natural and truly human context for procreation. That is the core message of a document... Read more
Three new auxiliaries for Brooklyn
Pope Benedict XVI has named three new auxiliary bishops for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Read more
Archbishop Chaput asks for support of Federal Marriage Amendment
Archbishop Charles Chaput has urged Catholics to contact their senators and encourage them to vote for the federal amendment. The... Read more
Politicians, vocations on agenda for US bishops’ spring meeting
The relationship between bishops, the Church and politicians will be on the agenda for the spring meeting of the United... Read more
Catholic writer says Paul VI, Humanae Vitae still misrepresented
The notion that the Catholic Church retained the ban on artificial birth control in 1968 because it was afraid that... Read more
