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Legal watchdog slams Kentucky Supreme Court for anti-life ruling
The pro-life legal watchdog, the Thomas More Law Center, slammed the Kentucky Supreme Court’s decision on August 26 to grant... Read more
New program on EWTN focuses on November election
EWTN Global Catholic Network will launch a new 30-minute program on politics this month in an effort to prepare U.S.... Read more
Baldwin brother backs Republicans based on faith
Hollywood actor and born-again Christian Stephen Baldwin is making a special appearance at the Republican National Convention this week in... Read more
“Passion” DVD sales takes top spot for R-rated film
DVD sales for “The Passion of the Christ” have been so successful in its first two days that some entertainment... Read more
Church altar set ablaze in Indiana
Police are baffled by an arson that took place in a local Catholic church. An intruder broke into Our Lady... Read more
Bishops of Paraguay denounce morning after pill
The Bishops Conference of Paraguay denounced this week the abortifacient nature of the morning after pill and the decision by... Read more
Praise and concern for role of media from Chilean Cardinal
Speaking at a breakfast for the Press Club of the Pontifical University of Chile, Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa of... Read more
Mexicans confront Satanism with National Meeting of Exorcists
The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, inaugurated this week the first National Meeting of Exorcists as a... Read more
Bishops of India condemn wave of violence against Christians and call for religious tolerance
The Catholic Bishops of India are voicing concern for a new wave of violence against Christians and calling on civil... Read more
Passion sells 2.4m copies on DVD
Mel Gibson's Biblical movie The Passion of the Christ has sold 2.4 million copies in the US by midday on... Read more
Pope urges release of French journalists, end of violence in Midle East, Russia
"It is with great sadness and concern," he said, "that I receive the grave news about the terrorist attacks in... Read more
Catholic groups for and against Kerry clash
The president of grassroots organization “Catholics For Kerry 04,” said the Republicans are using Catholic organizations as “vehicles” to discredit... Read more
Idolatry is a temptation for all humanity, Pope says during general audience
Focusing on the second part of Psalm 113 in today's general audience, in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican,... Read more
Pope’s prayer intentions for September focus on elderly and African church
The Holy Father's general prayer intention is: "That old people may be considered an asset for the spiritual and human... Read more
Catholic organization to denounce nonprofit status of Miami Church
The Catholic League says it will contact the IRS and ask it to revoke the tax-exempt status of an Evangelical... Read more
Mexican seminary celebrates five years of priestly formation for Hispanic priests in US
On Tuesday the Hispanic Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, which provides priestly formation for Hispanic vocations... Read more
Brazilian bishops call for protection of human embryos
The Pastoral Committee of the Bishops Conference of Brazil published a statement this week calling on legislators to protect the... Read more
Cardinal warns of lack of respect for democracy in Latin America
The President of the Latin American Bishops Conference, Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, said this week during a symposium on... Read more
24-hour parish marks 8 months of continuous service to community
The parish of the Nativity of Our Lady in Valencia, Spain, as part of its 25th anniversary, is celebrating this... Read more
Cardinal Egan to give official benediction at RNC on Thursday
The Republican National Convention in New York this week has two things that the Democratic convention a few months ago... Read more
