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State church installs bishop, ordained without Vatican consent in 2000
China's state-approved Catholic Church welcomed the installation Sunday of another bishop who was not approved by the pope, exacerbating Beijing's... Read more
Catholic grade-schoolers cut their locks for a cause
Eight third-graders and their teacher at All Saints School in Kansas City made a special field trip to a hair... Read more
South Korea indicts scientist for stem-cell fraud
Cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk was indicted Friday on charges of fraud, embezzlement and bioethics violations in a scandal over faked... Read more
Colombian bishops threaten civil disobedience, excommunication for creators of new abortion law
In response to a ruling by Colombia’s Constitutional Court making the country the first in Latin America to legalize abortion,... Read more
Vatican officials decry religious ignorance of ‘Da Vinci Code’
Three top Vatican officials have expressed dismay at what they see as a clear religious ignorance evident in book “The... Read more
Spanish Minister of Justice says government will not seek legalization of euthanasia…for now
The Socialist government in Spain has decided not to use an upcoming reform of the country’s Penal Code to legalize... Read more
Hong Kong cardinal chides: Chinese government has no right to ordain bishops
The Bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, reminded the Chinese government his week that it has no real authority... Read more
U.S. House rejects military abortion bill
The House of Representatives Wednesday rejected a measure which would have allowed military women to obtain surgical abortions at U.S.... Read more
Anti-pornography advocates pleased as .XXX domain proposal crumbles
The five-year battle over whether the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) should implement a .xxx domain for... Read more
U.K. bishops call on government to take urgent action against human trafficking
Stating that current measures to protect victims of human trafficking in the United Kingdom are inadequate, the bishops of England... Read more
Group says Democratic support was key passage of South Dakota anti-abortion bill
Democrats For Life of America commended the South Dakota legislature for recently approving a bill that will prohibit abortion in... Read more
Tom Hanks defends Da Vinci Code as ‘fun, scavenger hunt nonsense’ not attack on faith
As the controversial Da Vinci Code movie is set to be released next Friday, actors and production officials continued trying... Read more
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, British religious authorities urge Parliament against euthanasia bill.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster has signed a joint letter with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and... Read more
Vatican prepares for anniversaries of first Fatima appearance, JPII assassination attempt on Saturday
Officials at the Vatican are preparing to recognize two major anniversaries tomorrow. May 13th marks both the 89th anniversary of... Read more
When religion’s true nature is understood, it can help counter terrorism, Vatican representative tells U.N.
The Holy See’s Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer to the United Nations, was in New York yesterday to take part... Read more
‘Sad day in Colombia’, say bishops, as country legalizes abortion
In a decision which the Colombian bishops lament has come on “a sad day for Colombia”, the country’s Constitutional Court--equivalent... Read more
Federal legislator blogs ‘truth about stem cells’
Advances in adult and umbilical cord-blood stem-cell research have surpassed embryonic stem-cell research, but media hype and several misconceptions continue... Read more
Archdiocese of Denver hosts national African-American Catholic youth conference
More than 200 youth from across the country attended the annual Sankofa Family Summit IX, whose expressed goal is to... Read more
Opus Dei releases founder’s ‘The Way’ ahead of ‘Da Vinci Code’ opening
As part of its communications blitz to counter the negative image of Opus Dei in Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci... Read more
Sirius to launch New York-based Catholic radio channel
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. announced Wednesday that it plans to create a new channel of exclusively Catholic programming in cooperation... Read more
