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Mexican bishops recommend increasing security at churches to ward off theft
The President of the Bishops Conference of Mexico, Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago, recommended this week that priests increase security... Read more
Interfaith marriage can be sign of ‘love and life’: Asian bishops
Interfaith marriage is an opportunity for a “dialogue of words, love and life,” say the Asian bishops in the final... Read more
Pope announces return of Our Lady of Kazan icon to Russia this week
Before the Angelus yesterday, Pope John Paul II remarked that August is an important month for many Marian churches and... Read more
Hispanic Business Leaders and Bishops meet in Denver, commit to promoting Ecclesia in America
Hispanic business and community leaders met with regional bishops, including Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, at the St. Malo Conference... Read more
Use American talent to do business but bring in Faith, says Archbishop to Hispanic leaders
Archibishop Charles Chaput of Denver spoke to prominent Catholic businessmen on the relationship of the Christian with money at the... Read more
Russian Catholics hope to pray in front of icon of Our Lady of Kazan before it is handed over to Orthodox
Parishioners of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow have asked their Archbishop Mgr. Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz about the possibility of praying... Read more
Liturgy is ‘a school for holiness’: Cardinal Sodano
The Eucharist leads the faithful to holiness and is the secret to the New Evangelization, said Angelo Cardinal Sodano, the... Read more
Kazan icon to be venerated before being given to Russian Church
In the few days before the Vatican’s icon of Our Lady of Kazan will make its way to Russia and... Read more
Expectation in Russia for return of Marian icon
Shortly after the papal announcement at Castelgandolfo regarding the return of an icon of Our Lady of Kazan to the... Read more
Ukrainian patriarch celebrates Ukrainian national holiday in upstate New York
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, patriarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, made a rare visit to Rochester and Irondequoit Aug. 21 to... Read more
Military chaplains keep ‘U.S. military machine running,’ says press report
Alongside U.S. troops, on a battlefield of intense bombing and gunfire, stands one unarmed man – a military chaplain –... Read more
Thirty-three parishes in Fargo to close by 2010
Thirty-three parishes in rural North Dakota will close within the next six years due a shift of the population to... Read more
Church is most trustworthy institution for most Nicaraguans
A national poll in Nicaragua has revealed that despite a general distrust of institutions, 70% of Nicaraguans consider the Catholic... Read more
Bishops of Dominican Republic call for support of new measures to confront country’s crisis
The President of the Bishops Conference of the Dominican Republic, Archbishop Ramon de la Rosa, called on the government to... Read more
U.S. expected to grow while rest of world shrinks, says report
A report released this week claims that almost all of the developed world will face serious and sustained population decline... Read more
Papal Nuncio in Iraq concerned about massive exodus of Christians
The Apostolic Nuncio in Iraq, Archbishop Fernando Filoni, expressed this week his concern at the growing exodus of Christians fleeing... Read more
Bishops issue Q&A flyer on stem-cell research
In an effort to provide more information on the Catholic Church's position on stem-cell research and human cloning, the U.S.... Read more
Editor of National Catholic Reporter resents blow to “impact” story
Tom Roberts, editor of the liberal weekly newspaper National Catholic Reporter wrote an editorial column yesterday expressing his resentment with... Read more
Death toll for the “Boat of death”
The organization “Women on Waves” will no longer be able to perform abortions in international waters aboard their abortion boats. ... Read more
Trenton diocese invalidates girl’s first Communion because of use of substitute wafer
An 8 year old girl who is unable to eat wheat has had her first Communion invalidated by the diocese... Read more
