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Protect mother and baby, say Costa Rican bishops
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Costa Rica issued a strong statement this week demanding authorities protect women who... Read more
Spanish bishops: nothing justifies killing illegal immigrants
The Bishops’ Conference of Spain has reacted to the deaths of several Africans who attempted to illegally cross the border... Read more
Dissident leader says Cubans alone can build a more just and free Cuba
The Christian Liberation Movement (CLM), lead by Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, issued a statement this week calling on all Cubans... Read more
Colombia in need of intense prayer, Bishops say
The President of the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, is inviting Catholics in that country to... Read more
Cardinal calls on Colombian politicians to have “ecclesial coherence”
As the Supreme Court of Colombia readies to issue a ruling on the legalization of abortion, the Prefect of the... Read more
Mexican cardinal says Pope and country’s bishops will continue to speak out
The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera, said this week the Pope and the Mexican bishops would continue to... Read more
New book of Pope Benedict's WYD speeches unveiled
In the Vatican press office earlier today, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, and Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko,... Read more
Eucharist as sign of unity: best way to unite Catholics is faithfulness to Church teaching, says Cardinal Sodano
Today in Rome, world prelates are continuing to meet for the 11th General Synod of Bishops. Among the more heated... Read more
Cuban bishop praises, government announces crackdown on home-based churches
Just one day after Bishop Alfredo Victor Petit Vergel of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba, who is currently in... Read more
Faith and action: Eucharist should encourage faithful to build just culture, say bishops
As questions of dropping numbers of church-goers, waning interest in confession, and lack of quality catechesis continue to be debated... Read more
Cardinal Herranz: Faithful deserve access to confession, Blessed Sacrament, reverent liturgy
Speaking to the 11th General Synod of Bishops yesterday afternoon at the Vatican, Cardinal Julian Herranz, President of the Pontifical... Read more
US-born priest honored in Jamaica, tells Jamaicans to turn in criminals
A native New York City priest, who has lived in Jamaica since his first assignment to the Caribbean country in... Read more
Sydney’s Catholic universities talk Catholic identity
Current issues facing Catholic higher education, including notions of Catholic identity, was the theme of the Catholicity Forum at the... Read more
Catholic Relief Services commits to aid for Pakistan after earthquake
Catholic Relief Services has announced that it has already committed an initial $50,000 for the immediate needs of the survivors... Read more
Scottish cardinal criticizes legislators intent to enact ‘immoral laws’
Cardinal Keith O’Brien denounced Scottish legislators “intent on enacting unjust and immoral laws,” the Scotsman reported. Read more
Bishop calls for international intervention to stop illegal immigration
Bishop Antonio Dorado of Malaga, Spain, called for intervention by the United Nations or the European Union this week in... Read more
Pope Benedict: newly Blessed von Galen saw with light of faith when intelligent world went blind
On Sunday, before leading the weekly Angelus prayer, Pope Benedict visited the relics of the newly blessed Servant of God,... Read more
Bishops urge concrete action to increase respect, understanding of Eucharist: seminary formation, penance, reverent posture
As over 200 bishops continue to meet in Rome for the 11th General Synod of Bishops, heavy emphasis has been... Read more
Cardinal says that intercommunion is not ecumenical starting point, but end result of unity
The issue of intercommunion has been one of ongoing discussion throughout the course thus far of the General Synod of... Read more
Bishop warns on the effects of secularization in Catholic minds.
Bishop Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P, Bishop of Angers (France), warned this Monday during the Synod of Bishops, that secularism has affected... Read more
