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Cardinal Egan asks deacons not to run for public office
Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Edward Egan recently notified deacons across the archdiocese that they should no longer run for... Read more
Israel extends papal invitation
On Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI was presented with commemorative stamps from Israeli and German leaders as well as an invitation... Read more
Indonesia celebrates 200 years of Christianity
The Archdiocese of Jakarta is celebrating 200 years of Christian life in Indonesia with celebrations scheduled to run all the... Read more
Homosexual “marriage” signifies triumph of European identity crisis, says Italian senator
The leader of the Italian Senate, Marcello Pera, said this week the approval of homosexual “marriage” and no-fault divorce in... Read more
Bishops warn power vacuum can turn Mexico into an ungovernable country
The Bishops’ Conference of Mexico issued a statement this week warning that the power vacuums created by the corruption and... Read more
Leftist party wants taxpayer money to fund “sex changes”
After throwing its full support behind the new law allowing homosexual “marriage” and no-fault divorce, the radical left-wing party in... Read more
Bishop Skylstad urges Bush to consider court nominee who will support protection human life
In a recent letter, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops President, Bishop William Skylstad urged President George Bush to consider key... Read more
Bush says he won’t choose judicial nominee based on abortion, other ‘hot-button issues’
On his way to this week’s G8 summit in Scotland yesterday, and facing a heated battle back in Washington over... Read more
Pope Benedict: As children of God, we may invoke God as ‘Abba’
In his general audience earlier today in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged nearly 15,000 listeners to realize that... Read more
Holy Father hopes ‘Torch of Peace’ will encourage spread of Christian values in Europe
Following his general audience this morning at the Vatican, Pope Benedict greeted a group of delegates from the Italian diocese... Read more
Pope Benedict decries “cafeteria Catholicism”
Speaking on the newly released Compendium to the Catechism of the Catholic Church Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI stressed the need... Read more
Letter from John Paul II to Ali Agca never sent, archbishop reveals
John Paul II’s longtime personal secretary, Archbishop Stanislao Dziwisz of Krakow, confirmed this week the late Pontiff had written a... Read more
British Catholic Action Group decries joint-religious schools
A Catholic group in the U.K. aiming to preserve authentic Catholic teaching is expressing outage at proposals throughout the U.K.... Read more
World Youth Day cross begins final push for Cologne, eyes of the world turn to Germany
On Friday, Catholics around the world will begin the final forty-day countdown before the 11th annual World Youth Day celebration,... Read more
Many Ratzinger critics warming up to soft-spoken Pope Benedict
The New York Times reported this week that many former critics of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger are warming up to the... Read more
Canadian Archbishop warns against impending female-ordination ceremony
In the wake of an invalid ceremony on Saturday in which a French woman declared herself a Catholic priest, Kingston,... Read more
Colombian bishops: child’s right to a father and a mother supersede homosexual demands
The Secretary General of the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, Bishop Fabian Marlanda, reiterated this week the Church’s opposition to the... Read more
Show the face of Christ to the world, cardinal tells young people attending WYD
During a press conference on World Youth Day 2005, which will take place in Germany in August, Cardinal Joachim Meisner... Read more
Opposition to same-sex “marriage” is not discrimination against homosexuals
Bishop Jose Sanchez Gonzalez of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain, said this week opposition to same-sex marriage is not tantamount to discrimination against... Read more
Chinese Government arrests Vatican faithful bishop for the 6th time
Bishop Julio Jia Zhiguo, 70, member of the China's underground Catholic church, has been arrested for the sixth time in... Read more
