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Newman Center to launch Catholic Rush Week at Oregon State
Classes began nearly one month ago, but Catholic Rush Week is just getting under way at Oregon State University’s Newman... Read more
San Juan Archbishop calls on Puerto Ricans to vote for pro-family candidates
Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is joining Lutheran, Muslim and Protestant leaders in calling for citizens to... Read more
Elderly Italian priest receives award for helping Jews during WWII
Monsignor Gennaro Verolino, an elderly Italian priest, received the “Per Anger” award last Saturday. Established by the Swedish government, the... Read more
New book answers key questions for Catholic voters
A new book promises to help U.S. Catholics understand the key issues of the next presidential election and make an... Read more
Proposed law in Argentina recognizes rights of parents in matters of sexual education
A state representative from Buenos Aires has sponsored a measure before the local parliament that calls for the creation of... Read more
Aid to the Church in Need sends emergency aid to Haiti
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced it will send emergency assistance to the Diocese of Les Gonaives,... Read more
Pro-family advocates see gain despite Congress failure to pass Marriage Amendment
In response to the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on the Constitutional Amendment to protect marriage, Family Research... Read more
Pope commends Croatian fidelity to Catholic tradition
In an audience this morning with 2000 Croatian pilgrims from the archdiocese of Split-Makarska, Pope John Paul II highlighted their... Read more
Making homosexual unions equivalent to marriage is “counterfeit” says Spanish episcopate
The secretary and spokesman of the Bishops Conference of Spain, Father Juan Antonio Martinez Camino, said this week that making... Read more
Law Center sues California court after proposed removal of Christian quote
The Pro-Family Law Center filed a lawsuit against the operators of the Riverside County Historic Courthouse after the operators acquiesced... Read more
Global development must be integral and human, Cardinal Martino says
Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, in an address to the 16th Banking Conference... Read more
Inter-religious dialogue, Latin America's Catholic identity in Pope's prayer intentions
The Holy Father's general prayer intention for the month of October is: "That, firm in their faith, Christians may be... Read more
Catholic Charities USA sends long-term aid to Florida hurricane victims
Catholic Charities USA has sent a $392,000 grant to Catholic Charities of Venice in Florida to support the agency's long-term... Read more
USCCB praises Justice Department’s appeal to rulings against Partial-Birth Abortion Act
An official with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops praised the Justice Department’s appeal of two federal courts rulings against... Read more
Same-sex marriage legal in another Canadian province, Supreme Court holds hearings next week
Yet another Canadian province legalized same-sex marriage, making it the sixth jurisdiction in the last 18 months. Read more
Archbishop warns against dangers of “national secularism” in Spain
Joining the debate in Spain over the place of religion in schools, the Archbishop of Valencia, Agustin Garcia-Gasco, said this... Read more
Argentinean bishop cautions against publicly announcing “miraculous cures”
In a statement on the public announcing of unconfirmed miraculous healings, Bishop Jorge Luis Lona of San Luis, Argentina, reiterated... Read more
Bishops: U.S. law ‘harmful’ to immigrants, refugees
New legislation implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission is "extremely harmful to immigrants, asylum-seekers, and refugees," says the chairman... Read more
Mother of four speaks out about ‘the other sex abuse’ in the Catholic Church
The U.S. Church is living through another scandal, and the perpetrators are not priests; the perpetrators are parents, says Mary... Read more
Pope asks Pakistani president to promote dialogue and religious tolerance
Pope John Paul II received Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan, this morning, and encouraged him and his countrymen to... Read more
