Category: News

Vatican City, May 8, 2008 / 04:40 pm (CNA).- In a letter to all of the episcopal conferences of the world to mark the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on May 30, the World Day of Prayer for … Continue reading →

CWN reports Warsaw, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Roughly one-fourth of the students graduating from Polish high schools this year will make a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Czestochowa, the KAI news agency reports. About 125,000 students are expected … Continue reading →

This is a very important visit the success of which we should pray for. Armenian prelate begins visit to Rome Vatican, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, arrives in Rome today … Continue reading →

Bo Pelini, head football coach at the University of Nebraska, threw his support behind the fundrais-ing campaign by addressing more than 100 supporters of Catholic radio at an event April 13 in Lincoln. “Catholic radio is a lot like coaching,” … Continue reading →

This news is so disheartening that I am unable to comment. Associated Press includes this lie in its wimpish and accommodating article: “While China’s most onerous restrictions on religious activity have been lifted, many of the country’s estimated 12 million … Continue reading →

Naples, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Italian media reports confirmed that the blood of St. Januarius liquefied on May 4 in a recurrence of an annual miracle. Read article here

Rome, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The Rosary is “not some pious practice relegated to the past,” Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) remarked on May 3. In fact, he observed, “the Rosary is experience what is almost a new … Continue reading →

Mexico City, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – A Mexican priest was beaten to death in his rectory on Friday, May 2. Father Julio Cesar Mendoza Acuna, who was 33, was found bound and beaten in the bathroom of his rectory … Continue reading →

The swearing in ceremony is today. Vatican, May. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) welcomed 33 new recruits to the Swiss Guard on May 5, as they prepared for swearing-in ceremonies the next day. The Pontiff … Continue reading →

Madrid, May 2, 2008 / 01:49 pm (CNA).- A prominent lay Catholic in Spain who was recently named to the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Lola Velarde, said this week that Spain’s President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s secularist agenda is … Continue reading →

May 4, 2008 – The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts is criticizing the State Council of the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus for refusing to allow a vote this morning at their annual convention on a measure which would have required … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican says it is happy that Pope Benedict was left off Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people, which included the Dalai Lama and the spiritual head of Orthodox Christians. “I am … Continue reading →

Among the signers of the liquidation decree is Mikhail Gorbachev. The Canadian Free Press article begins: “Warsaw, Poland: New, sensational documents concerning the attempt against the late pope, John Paul II, have been revealed in a new book by John … Continue reading →

Harare, Apr 22, 2008 / 09:07 pm (CNA).- A coalition of Catholic and Protestant church leaders has appealed to the world to end the state-sponsored terror and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe, the Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA) reports.  The … Continue reading →

Don’t Tread on Me takes on a new meaning in the Alps. CNA reports. “Geneva, Apr 30, 2008 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- Switzerland has now become a country in which the unborn are less important than plants and animals.  The … Continue reading →