Guest Editorial: Pope Warns of Self-Destructive Sexual Lifestyles LifeSiteNews 12/24/2008, by John-Henry Westen The Pope has sounded the alarm on rejecting God's plan for human sexuality and pointed to the dangers for those involved. VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) - In thousands of news articles and talk shows around the world today from Bulgaria to India, Pope Benedict XVI is being bashed for daring to say we ...
Illegal immigrants Going Home, Endangering U.S. Labor Markets McClatchy Newspapers 12/15/2008, by Alfonso Chardy The Center for Immigration Studies was the first to note that undocumented immigrants were leaving the United States. MIAMI (MCT) - Malaquias Gaspar left his farm village in southern Mexico when the economy soured in the mid-1990s. He headed north illegally and found the proverbial better ...
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Online 12/12/2008, by Deacon Keith Fournier Our Lady of Guadalupe has been hailed as the Patroness of the America’s. The “New Evangelization” of the America's has been entrusted to her patronage and prayer. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - On this Feast of Our Lady we reflect on what occurred to Juan Diego, the 'Talking Eagle', almost 500 ...
Vatican: Birth Control Pill Can Cause Abortion and Cancer LifeSiteNews 1/5/2009, by Hilary White “Curiously”, Castelvi wrote, this information on the abortifacient effect of the Pill “does not reach the general public,” despite being well-known to researchers. ROME, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican’s official newspaper has caused a media storm in the European press with an article asserting ...
Fighting Poverty to Build Peace in 2009 Catholic Relief Services 12/31/2008 'Catholics Confront Global Poverty' Answers Papal Call for Action
BALTIMORE, MD (CRS) - Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States, is calling on US Catholics to join its mission to build peace by fighting poverty in 2009. ...
Pope Speaks on the Importance of the Family Vatican Information Service 12/30/2008 The family is certainly a grace of God which allows what He Himself is to be revealed. VATICAN CITY (VIS) - At noon on the Feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth, the Pope addressed the thousands who had gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus.
The Holy Father affirmed that "the family ...
Pope Calls for End to Conflict in Gaza Strip Asia News 1/5/2009 Benedict XVI asks all to pray for justice and peace in Gaza and in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. VATICAN CITY (AsiaNews) - "War and hatred are not the solution to any problem": Benedict XVI said so today, while news was being released about the beginning of the ground offensive by the Israeli ...
King of Bahrain Donates Land for Catholic church Asia News 1/5/2009 The Pope had expressed a desire to see a new place of worship built in the Gulf kingdom when he met Bahrain’s first ambassador to the Holy See. MANAMA (AsiaNews) – Bahrain will donate a plot of land to build a new Catholic church in the country. The decision by King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa comes ...
India Gives Pakistan Evidence on Mumbai Massacre Catholic Online 1/5/2009 The documentation reveals the involvement of the militant Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba as the organizer and executor of the attack. NEW DELHI (AsiaNews/Agencies) - The Indian government has provided the evidence on the involvement of Pakistani "elements" in the attacks last November 26 in ...
Persecuted Vietnamese Catholics Seek Justice Asia News 1/5/2009, by J.B. An Dang The faithful of Thai Ha threaten legal action against the state media which falsely reported on their trial.
HANOI (AsiaNews) - The Catholics who have been victims of attacks by the authorities are reacting to the abuse and misinformation against them: the sisters of Vinh Long say that they will ...
Taizé Leader Proposes New Year's Resolutions Zenit News Agency 12/31/2008 What we are called to is to love more. And since love requires our entire being to express itself, it is up to us to find ways of being attentive to our neighbor, and to do so without waiting a moment longer. NAIROBI, Kenya (Zenit) - The leader of the Taizé Community says taking responsibility for ...
Christmas Letter from Bishop Philip Naameh of Ghana, West Africa Catholic Online 12/26/2008, by +Most Rev. Philip Naameh May this coming New Year 2009 bring us closer to the Lord and closer together as we look forward to our new vision. May the glory of God fill you through and through. LOS ANGELES (Catholic Online) - Catholic Online is an international integrated media netork read and viewed by people throughout ...