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Catholic Church urges peace between Colombia and Venezuela
Catholic News Agency • 7/26/2010
Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez said he hopes "to return to having peaceful and fraternal relations," and he called for solidarity with those suffering from the Venezuelan decision to break off ties.It makes no sense that we are incapable of solving problems.our nations deserve to live in peace." ...
Argentina's Gay 'Marriage' Law and 'Sexual Minorities'
By Carmen Elena Villa • Zenit News Agency • 7/27/2010
'There is no right if one does not comply with the laws of nature that pre-exist the will of the human being. To approve of marriage between persons of the same sex is to disfigure reality and to ruin children. One cannot ignore what has been "given" to man, which pre-exists his will. Two ...
Mass grave discovered in Mexico border state
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 7/25/2010
At least 51 bodies have been found in a mass grave in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon. According to the state media, there were at least nine hidden mass graves. Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz told reporters that it's likely that the bodies were connected with drug-gang ...
Europe
Spanish bullfight ban stirs passionate dissent
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 7/28/2010
There are few images as vibrantly Spanish as the classic bullfight, toreador at the ready to sink the killing blow into his bovine opponent under the blazing sun. A ban on the sport on Catalonia has inspired many passionate reactions from Spaniards, which many see as a disruption of their national ...
Church of England Readying for Exodus As Women Bishops are Anticipated
By Randy Sly • Catholic Online • 7/28/2010
While the resolution must now be reviewed by the Dioceses over the next eighteen months and then ratified by the 2012 synod; no one expects the measure to fail. For many Anglo-Catholics, the Canterbury Road will lead to Rome. For evangelicals, alternatives are being considered. WASHINGTON, DC ...
Discovered painting not a Caravaggio, Vatican says
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 7/27/2010
Retracting an earlier announcement, the Vatican's top art historian has declared that the recently discovered painting, "Martyrdom of St. Lawrence" is not the work of Caravaggio. Historian Antonio Paolucci, writing in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said the painting, found in a sacristy ...
Middle East
Money set aside for Iraq reconstruction missing
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 7/28/2010
According to a federal report, an audit of $9.1 billion targeted for reconstruction in Iraq cannot account for more than 95 percent of it. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, blamed "weaknesses in DoD's [the Department of Defense's] financial and management controls" and called ...
Japanese tanker blast not terrorist attack, Iran says
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 7/28/2010
The blasting of a Japanese oil tanker in the Persian Gulf was not an attempted terrorist attack, Iranian officials say. The Managing Director of Iranian Navigation and Ports Organization Ataollah Sadr ruled out the possibility of an attack. "Probably the earthquake has caused such an incident," ...
Asia Pacific
Sr. Meena, the raped nun, A Testimony to Living Faith and Forgiveness
Asia News • 7/29/2010
On the eve of the trial against the rapists of Sister Meena, the religious sister attacked during anti-Christian pogrom in Orissa, her uncle Mgr. Barwa speaks: "She is the symbol of our struggle. She feels no anger, but wants justice for us all. " KANDHAMAL (AsiaNews) - Sister Meena, the religious ...
Pakistan plane wreck leaves no survivors
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 7/28/2010
A Pakistani passenger plane crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad, killing all 152 passengers and crew. Crews have braved heavy rains in order to recover bodies from the crash site. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Crews have recovered a so-called "black box," which in this case, is orange, that ...
Africa
Congresswoman calls for creation of global fund to fight Aids
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 7/21/2010
California Congresswoman Barbara Lee is calling on U.S. President Barack Obama to create a three-year, six billion dollar commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. Lee has returned from attending the opening days of the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna. LOS ANGELES, ...
Hundreds killed in figting in Sudan
By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 7/19/2010
Almost 400 people have been killed in fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels. The majority of those killed, more than 300 were members of the Justice and Equality Movement. Eighty-six soldiers have perished in the recent violence. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - United Nations ...
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