Pope Benedict XVI is daring to go where no other Pontiff has gone - to YouTube and Google. Vatican TV Centre and Vatican Radio are now collaborating with Henrique de Castro, managing director of media...
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" The US Department of Health and Human Services hired the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2006 to help immigrants who had been forced into prostitution or slave labor. The bishops have disseminated millions...
Now the Vatican has its very own official iPhone application, an electronic version of the Breviary which contains Catholic prayers and readings in Spanish, French, English, Latin and Italian. The pope endorsed...
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In a number of pre-Christmas speeches and Christmas sermons, top church leaders in the UK have pinned the causes of the global economic crisis on the greed of banks and stock traders. " The Archbishop of York, Dr...
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As christmas times falls, a new chid sex abuse issue rocks the Irish Catholic Church. "DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Ireland's most prominent Catholic leader is questioning whether all of his fellow bishops...
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The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland has said that a song sung at kids party has "disturbing origins".Cardinal Keith O'Brien claims the Hokey Cokey, sung in many English-speaking countries is a song...
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A six-year old campaign in Germany to ban Mr. Claus is picking up steam. " Santa beware! Activists in Germany are waging an international campaign to do away with old Father Christmas and say they are gaining...
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In a yet another sad event in Brazilian History, a Car hits Catholic/Santeiro pilgrims as they held a procession for Our Lady of Conception, the patron saint of Brazil. It is unclear what motivated the...
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In this clear and concise article by The New Times, there is an analysis over public policies in Brazil. Confronted with the tragedy of Santa Catarina torrential rains, Brazilian leader Lula da Silva asked...
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This was the week when "uterus rights" confronted a Catholic congregation's intentions to expand its buildings and parking areas. On Monday, November 17, two of the seven members the Beaufort County (SC) Land...
"The Rt Rev Patrick O'Donoghue, the Bishop of Lancaster, has claimed that graduates are spreading scepticism and sowing dissent. Instead of following the Church's teaching they are "hedonistic", "selfish" and "egocentric", he said. ... While not naming names, he...
"A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion, and supporting him "constitutes material cooperation with...
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Despite polls that suggested a majority of Uruguayans favoured easing their country's restrictions on abortion, President Tabare Vazquez vetoed a bill to decriminalise it in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Just few days ago, the Abortion Bill was approved...
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"BALTIMORE - The nation's Catholic bishops decided yesterday to fire an opening salvo at the incoming Obama administration, pledging to work with the new president on issues such as immigration and healthcare but also warning that the Catholic Church will do everything it...
Abortion is now in the political agenda of Uruguay. As Congress approved - by a small margin- a bill to decriminalise it in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, President Tabare Vazquez has the last word. Some believe Vazquez might veto the new bill after receiving...
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