Cardinal calls for end to immigration raids

" With concerns over the economy taking precedence in Washington, efforts to re-ignite the contentious debate over immigration reform in Congress have been met with resistance.George sought to cast the issue in moral terms, calling it "a matter of conscience" and an important...

Top cardinal says Vatican botched Holocaust affair

What else is new. " The cardinal in charge of relations with Jews has acknowledged that the Vatican handled the rehabilitation of a Holocaust-denying bishop very badly and complained that Pope Benedict did not consult him.   "There wasn't enough talking with each other...

Zimbabwe Crisis Described as Worse than Desperate

.Zimbabwe is a disasterand there will not be anyimprovement until in someway Mugabe is gone." Southern Africa Catholic bishops have declared February 15th “Zimbabwe Sunday” - an effort to show solidarity...

Vatican cardinal calls Gaza "big concentration camp"

Vatican, Cardinal Martino says No to Egoism, hate, poverty, injustice and Israeli attack on "Gaza concentration camp" Pope Benedict visit May 2009 The pope is due to visit Holy Land sites in Jordan, Israel and the...

Vatican 'homophobic' exhumation, The Plot thickens, coffin empty, Conspiracy ...

This story ran back in August, and now the mystery deepens as new info is dug up and the coffin is devoid of body. "The grave of the 19th Century Cardinal John Henry Newman did not contain his body, the Catholic...

Vidal urges schools to give room for academic freedom, teach truth

"WHILE denying that Catholic schools convert or “proselytize members for the Church,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal asked that they be unashamed in proclaiming Jesus’ truth. He said the words while celebrating mass during the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J)...

Internet Bug Fix Spawns Backlash From Hackers

"Hackers are a skeptical bunch, but that doesn't bother Dan Kaminsky, who got a lot of flack from his colleagues in the security research community after claiming to have discovered a critical bug in the Internet's infrastructure.Kaminsky made headlines on Tuesday by talking...

One-armed golfers hit it big

As part of the lead up to this year's Ryder Cup Competition in Louisville an inspirational international golf event for one-armed golfers will take place. Louisville is the hometown of the legendary U.S. one-armed...

Cardinal urges Muslim leaders to oppose violent jihad

"Cardinal urges Muslim leaders to oppose violent jihad"

Iraqi priest shot dead in Baghdad

An Iraqi priest has been killed by unidentified gunmen in central Baghdad as a result of a drive-by-shooting."Fr Adel Youssef, an Assyrian Orthodox priest, was gunned down near his home in the capital's Karrada...

Catholic officials, Muslim scholars to meet in Rome

"A landmark meeting between Catholic officials and Muslim scholars that aims to spur dialogue between Christianity and Islam is planned to take place in Rome this spring, a senior Vatican official said.The top Vatican official in charge of relations with Islam, Cardinal...

Vatican Electoral Reform

Pope changes rules for papal elections"Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules for electing a new pope, returning to the traditional requirement that two-thirds of the cardinals in the conclave agree on a new...

God's architect: The story of the Vatican and the visionary

Antoni Gaudí, the deeply pious architect whose unfinished cathedral the Sagrada Familia has inspired Catholics for generations, is being considered for sainthood - but his masterpiece may be under threat. Graham Keeley reports from Barcelona ...

Rumors, rumors

Ordinarily I don't read Mr Palmo's breathless gossiping (well, it is not all that, and the good Lord knows I am no epitome of prose style, but it is too overheated to make regular visits) but I have a very nasty cold with fever and require distraction; and then remembered...

Chocolate Jesus Exhibition Cancelled

Sweet Jesus! The bit where the hotel hosting the exhibition expressed concern for its safety caught my eye: threatening someone over an exhibit that one has not even seen is not very Christian, is it?"A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate...

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