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Fides).- Local residents are still shocked by the recent attack on Okhrey Mission, where the Loreto Sisters run a care center that provides medical treatment to the poor. Maoist rebels touched …
read moreAn archbishop cautions that the push for same-sex marriage in this country is not just "a peculiarly Canadian thing." In recent months the Canadian government has proposed a redefinition of …
read moreLast Aug. 6 marked the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's encyclical on themes related to moral theology, "Veritatis Splendor." In the introduction the Pope observed: "No one can escape from …
read moreTuesday's suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem dealt a blow to the peace process and caused great distress among Christians in the Holy Land, a Church figure says. Father Giovanni Battistelli, …
read moreJohn Paul II condemned Tuesday's suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem which killed 20, including six children. It was one of the bloodiest attacks in the Holy Land in the past three years. …
read moreWitnesses who have testified against the Mafia and then sent into hiding can sometimes feel "they have been left to themselves," says a bishop. Bishop Gastone Simoni of Prato, Italy, called …
read moreFormer Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating is expected to quit as head of a review board examining sex abuse by Catholic priests, after he likened Church leadership to the Mafia. A spokesman for …
read moreHere is the text of an open letter from Archbishop Peter Smith of Cardiff to Catholic peers concerning euthanasia, assisted suicide and a bill which will be debated in the House of Lords on …
read moreThe Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano condemned the bloody attacks today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; more than 90 people were killed. The Wednesday Italian edition of the newspaper describes …
read moreAmid the debates over the legality, or lack thereof, of the U.S.-British military intervention in Iraq, ZENIT interviewed Ronald Rychlak, Vatican delegate to the International Criminal Court. …
read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used against pro-life protesters sued for engaging in a nationwide plan to shut down abortion clinics. The …
read moreA unilateral war against Iraq, without the approval of the U.N. Security Council, would be a "crime against peace," says a Vatican official. At a conference on peace held today in Rome, …
read moreJohn Paul II expressed his sympathy to the relatives of the more than 120 people who died in a fire Tuesday in the subway of Daegu, South Korea. The telegram, sent by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, …
read moreLegalized euthanasia is confirming its opponents' worst fears. Recent cases of assisted suicide involving relatively healthy people are lending credence to critics who feared that euthanasia …
read moreVatican City is peaceful, but criminal prosecutions are too lengthy, says the promoter of justice in this tiny state. At today's solemn start of the judicial year, Nicola Picardi made an …
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