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Fourteen Chilean dioceses to celebrate Social Weeks
As part of the activities surrounding the canonization of Chilean Father Alberto Hurtado, fourteen dioceses in Chile will take part... Read more
Online registration needed for Seminarians who want to meet the Pope
Seminarians from around the world willing to register for a special meeting with Pope Benedict XVI during World Youth Day... Read more
Pope joins Londoners in two minutes of silence honoring bombing victims
Pope Benedict XVI joined millions of Londoners today who, during the morning commute observed two minutes of silence to mark... Read more
Pro-life group condemns Illinois governor’s embryonic stem-cell research fund
The Illinois Family Institute condemned Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to create a public fund that will support embryonic stem-cell research. Read more
Wyoming Catholic College is a go
A $2-million land donation has made it possible to realize Wyoming’s first Catholic college. Wyoming Catholic College will begin accepting... Read more
Conference to tackle new president/principal model for Catholic schools
Catholic high school principals and presidents will gather for a weeklong conference, July 18-22, to acquire more knowledge and skills... Read more
More than 6,200 Canadian youth register for WYD
With only 33 days to go, Canadian Catholics are geared up for World Youth Day 2005. Read more
Terri Schiavo’s parents to speak at Catholic family conference
Following a heartbreaking battle to save the life of their brain-damaged daughter last spring, Bob and Mary Schindler, parents of... Read more
Nuncio explains Vatican’s swift tsunami relief, says opportunity for development mustn’t be squandered
During a speech to the United Nations Economic and Social Council yesterday, the Vatican’s Archbishop Celestino Migliore stressed that the... Read more
Society will pay for homosexual “marriage,” bishop warns
Bishop Juan Jose Asenjo of Cordoba, Spain, warned this week that society “will end up sooner or later paying for... Read more
Venezuelan bishops call for defense of human life through dialogue
The Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela concluded its Plenary Assembly this week with a call to engage in dialogue to defend... Read more
Archbishop warns of danger of totalitarianism of Spanish government
The Vice President of the Bishops’ Conference of Spain, Archbishop Antonio Cañizares Llovera of Toledo, denounced the educational policy of... Read more
Registration for meeting between seminarians and Pope extended to end of July
Seminarians from around the world have until the end of July to register for a special meeting with Pope during... Read more
Pope to write first encyclical during vacation
Sources close to the Holy See said this week Pope Benedict XVI, who began a 17-day vacation on Monday in... Read more
Cardinal urges Senate to support umbilical cord blood stem-cell research
Cardinal William Keeler has urged the United States Senate to reject a bill supporting embryonic stem-cell research and pass other... Read more
Cardinal McCarrick says “evolution is fine--as long as there is room for a Creator”
Following a New York Times editorial by Vienna’s Cardinal Christoph Schonborn last week which stated that a “neo-Darwinist” idea of... Read more
Fort Worth Bishop dies; priest scheduled to be installed as Coadjutor will now become ordinary
In an very unusual turn of events, Most Reverend Kevin William Vann, scheduled to be installed as Coadjutor Bishop of... Read more
NY bishops push for veto on bill allowing Plan B without prescription
New York’s eight Catholic bishops have urged Gov. George Pataki to veto a bill that would make the morning-after pill,... Read more
Feminist forum claims women's rights at stake in court nominations
Feminists at a forum Monday said they would fight President George Bush’s nomination of a “strict constructionist” judge to the... Read more
Diocese of Tucson to emerge from bankruptcy
The Diocese of Tucson will emerge from bankruptcy thanks to a reorganization plan that has the archdiocese, insurers and parishes... Read more
