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Why does UNICEF support Muslim, not Christian schools? Sudanese bishop asks
Bishop Daniel Adwok, Auxiliary of Khartoum (Sudan), has questioned the decision taken by UNICEF not to give funds to the... Read more
American Life League speaks out against Senate’s opposition to Catholic judge nomination
The nation's largest pro-life grassroots organization is outraged by members of the United States Senate in their attempts to block... Read more
Canadian Catholic organization sends $170,000 to Sudan and Chad in emergency aid
The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has sent $170,000 to assist refugees in eastern Chad and the Darfur... Read more
Socialists “want to take us back to the time of the Muslim invasion,” says Spanish Cardinal
The president of the Bishops Conference of Spain, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, criticized this week the presence of a... Read more
Debate over nomination of pro-abortion justice causes Argentinean government to take pro-life stand
As tension mounts concerning the possible nomination of Carmen Argibay, an open pro-abortion justice, to the Argentinean Supreme Court, President... Read more
Pope appoints a US Bishop to a Jamaican diocese
Pope John Paul II has appointed Bishop Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J., Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, U.S.A., as Bishop... Read more
Two sexual abuse cases likely to be heard in Portland today
Barring an out-of-court settlement, two cases on the alleged sexual abuse of children by a Portland priest are scheduled to... Read more
Pope appoints special envoy for the 50th Anniversary of the Basilica of Lisieux, home of the "Little Flower"
Made public today was a Letter by the Pope, written in Latin and dated June 11, in which he appointed... Read more
Teens urged to join 'Catholic revolution' at Steubenville
More than 2,100 teens from 13 states and Canada were encouraged to "rise up and join a Catholic revolution" at... Read more
Jesuits' world leader to visit Alabama
The Jesuits’ congregational leader will visit Alabama this fall to help mark the 175th anniversary of Spring Hill College and... Read more
Catholic Charity calls for day of prayer for the "silent Church"
The "Fundacao Ajuda à Igreja que Sofre", Portuguese branch of the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need... Read more
Special rosary prayed for release of Cuban political prisoners
Representatives of various opposition movements gathered together in Old Havana this weekend to pray a special rosary for the release... Read more
Archbishop of Toledo calls on Catholic politicians to reject homosexual “marriage”
The Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, Antonio Cañizares, reminded “Catholic lawmakers” this week of their “serious responsibility” to... Read more
Worry over possible lack of control of subsidized Islam classes in Spain
The Chair of Arabic Literature at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Serafin Fanjul, is expressing his fear that the Spanish... Read more
President of Nicaragua denies trying to control the Church
President Enrique Bolaños of Nicaragua is denying reports that his government is attempting “to control” the Catholic Church in the... Read more
Education must help in "being more" rather than "having more," Pope says
In an address this morning to the 100 participants of the European education symposium entitled “The Challenges of Education: Recovery,... Read more
Kerry on his Catholicism again: says he "hates abortion" but won't impose his view on others
A newspaper in Iowa revealed yesterday that Presidential Candidate John F. Kerry hates abortion and believes that life begins at... Read more
Pope appoints new Auxliary Bishop in Baltimore
Pope John Paul II appointed on Saturday Msgr. Thomas Mitchell Rozanski, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Severna... Read more
Catholic and Orthodox can recover Europe's Christian soul, Pope says
Speaking of the recent visit to Rome of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I as he addressed the crowds of faithful who... Read more
Before leaving to the Italian Alps, Pope wishes time of rest to workers
After the Angelus prayer, John Paul II said that he had accepted an invitation by the bishop of Aosta and... Read more
