Category: News

Vatican, Jun. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) met on June 6 with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was making his first formal visit to the Vatican since his return to the helm of the … Continue reading →

New York, Jun. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – A Maryknoll priest who was a leading figure in Nicaragua’s leftist government during the 1980s has been elected president of the UN general assembly. Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, who was foreign minister of Nicaragua … Continue reading →

San Jose, CA., Jun 5, 2008 / 03:44 am (CNA).- Last month, Bishop Mar Bawai Soro and nearly 1,000 Assyrian Christian families were received into communion with the Chaldean Catholic Church in California.  Bishop Bawai explained the process to CNA, … Continue reading →

LifeNews.com Note: The following is a statement from Priests for Life, a leading pro-life Catholic group that works to educate pro-life advocates on issues like abortion. Led by Father Frank Pavone, Priests for Life has been active in urging pro-life … Continue reading →

The ending of an article by Bryan Berry on Marian shrines and pilgrims in National Catholic Register caught my attention.  The Faith is alive in this Benedictine cloister:

Indian-American convert, Bobby Jindal, is doing all the right things in Louisiana.  Here’s a clip from a New York Times article: Politicians here say they are certain that Mr. Jindal would balance a McCain ticket, and not just because he … Continue reading →

And no just that of Islam, mind you. The man who entered the Church without uttering a word of public apology for his pro-abortion and pro-same sex union policies as Britain’s Prime Minister is now going to start a foundation … Continue reading →

Excerpt from Catholic News Agency: “Her faith enabled her to see that the thrones of the powerful of this world are all transitory, while the throne of God is the only rock that does not change and does not fall. … Continue reading →

Human Life International Newsletter With great joy we received the news at Vida Humana Internacional, HLI’s Hispanic Division in Miami, that a piece of legislation (bill 1135/91) which would have legalized abortion on demand throughout Brazil, did not make it … Continue reading →

Madrid, May 30, 2008 / 01:06 am (CNA).- The organization Padres en Accion has sent more than 862 new objections to the controversial school course Education for Citizenship to the city of Madrid, making the total number of objections filed … Continue reading →

Catholic crucifixes, statues, etc., are too “mono-confessional,” and should not be seen on public property.  What would multi-confessional imagery/art look like?

Sydney, May. 29, 2008 (CWNews.com) – World Youth Day organizers in Sydney, Australia, have altered the traditional pattern for the Stations of the Cross in a bow to ecumenical and inter-religious sensibilities, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Instead of the … Continue reading →

Madrid, May 28, 2008 / 03:52 pm (CNA).- The majority Socialist party in Spain’s Congress joined the opposition Popular Party in rejecting a law proposed by the United Left Party that would have prohibited the displaying of religious symbols during … Continue reading →

Vatican, May. 27, 2008 (CWNews.com) – A new edition of the statistical yearbook of the Catholic Church shows the Catholic proportion of the world’s population holding steady at 17.3%. The new volume from the Vatican publishing house shows a substantial … Continue reading →

Chiesa Pilgrimages banned to the most important Chinese Marian shrine – on the day of prayer established by the pope. ROMA (Chiesa) – During this month of May, in two days, the first of the annual days of prayer for … Continue reading →