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Archbishop meets with parishioners to answer questions on conscience, homosexuality
Archbishop John Vlazny of Portland, Oregon, met with about 125 parishioners from St. Clare Parish earlier this week for a... Read more
Parish is key place to announce Christ and educate Christians, says Pope
Receiving participants this morning in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Laity who are reflecting on the theme... Read more
1 in 4 centers dedicated to treating HIV/AIDS in the world are Catholic, says Cardinal
In a message for World AIDS Day, the President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health workers... Read more
Holy See calls for banishing of “social stigma” against AIDS victims
The President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health workers and the Sick said the stigma associated... Read more
Teacher banned from using historic documents due to God reference
A California school threw “aside all common sense” in its decision to ban a teacher from providing students with handouts... Read more
Movement proposing adoption to abortion picks up speed in Illinois
The adoption movement doesn’t get much play in the public policy arena and in the press, but Daniel K. Proft,... Read more
Religious freedom under threat in Ukraine, Catholic leader warns
In an interview this morning with the international Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Fr. Borys Gudziak,... Read more
Catholics rebuild churches in Iraq despite ongoing violence
Father Nizar Semaan, a Catholic priest from the city of Mosul, told the Fides News Agency this week that Christians... Read more
Company stands for British Catholic pharmacist who denied morning-after pill
The Daily Mirror Newspaper reported that a 24-year old mother of two was denied the morning-after pill by a Catholic... Read more
Pope encourages youth to make Christ center of their lives
At the end of today’s general audience at the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican Pope John Paul II exhorted... Read more
U.S. Congress acts to save the Mt. Soledad Cross - atheist blames ‘Jihad Jesus Republicans’
The United States Congress has acted to save a 43-foot tall cross atop Mount Soledad in San Diego, whose removal... Read more
Bishops' official applauds passage of federal bill that includes pro-life measure
An official with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has praised Congress for passing the Hyde-Weldon Conscience Protection Amendment... Read more
Catholic schools seeking new strategies to remain open in Rochester
Catholic schools of the Diocese of Rochester have announced a series of new strategies to keep their Catholic schools open... Read more
Kid can give thanks to God on Thanksgiving… thanks to watchdog legal group
Responding to legal advice from its attorneys, after complaints from an outraged parent, Lincoln-Franklin Elementary School in Garwood, New Jersey,... Read more
EWTN announces special Christmas programming
EWTN will air exclusive coverage of special live events and related programming for Advent and Christmas on television, radio and... Read more
Largest mosque in the US raises concerns about radical Islam
An already underway $22 million project in Boston to build what will be the largest mosque in the US is... Read more
More aid needed to achieve Millennium development goals, says Vatican at UN
Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly on the Millenium Declaration which was signed in September of 2000, Archbishop Celestino... Read more
Group of obstetricians seek legalization of anencephaly abortion in Peru
The Peruvian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (PSOG) plans to send a new “protocol” to doctors this week what would... Read more
Swedish Archbishop calls for revitalization of Catholicism in Europe
Archbishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm, Sweden, said this week Swedish and other European Catholics need to recover their pride in... Read more
Bishops evangelize Cuba with comic books on the saints
Thanks to assistance provided by Aid to the Church in Need, the Bishops in Cuba are now evangelizing the country... Read more
