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By Catherine Smibert Benedict XVI recently appealed for the life of an Afghan who was facing the death penalty for having converted from Islam to Christianity. An Afghan court subsequently …
read moreThe growth of sects, especially in Brazil, is a call to the Church not to impose but to propose, says Cardinal Paul Poupard. The president of the Pontifical Council for Culture was analyzing …
read moreBishop Wolfgang Huber, president of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, concluded a three-day visit to the Vatican on Wednesday with a positive assessment. John Paul II received …
read moreHistorians of philosophy have begun to realize the importance of Jacques Maritain, who they perceive as a most qualified exponent of Catholicism, says Piero Viotto. Viotto, the author of …
read moreJohn Paul II presented four new saints to the Church in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18; over 50,000 faithful attended, half of whom were from Poland. The new Polish saints are Bishop …
read moreTherapeutic" cloning, pre-implantation and prenatal diagnosis, and active assisted death will be the focus of an event organized jointly by the German Catholic bishops' conference and the …
read moreCurrent world tensions should lead Christians of various confessions to proclaim together the values of the Gospel, says John Paul II. The Pope made this proposal today when he received 25 …
read moreGas-guzzling sport utility vehicles, long the bane of environmental groups, are now under attack from Christian organizations. Driving a SUV could well be un-Christian, according to the …
read moreGas-guzzling sport utility vehicles, long the bane of ecology groups, are now under attack from Christian organizations. Driving a SUV could well be un-Christian, according to the Reverend Jim …
read moreThe specter of U.S. military action against Iraq has prompted many religious leaders to urge further negotiations, or at least U.N. intervention, to avert an invasion or other form of …
read moreWith government support, Catholic priests and evangelical pastors of the Dominican Republic will collect weapons and exchange them for Bibles, as part of a delinquency-prevention program. The …
read moreA former pastor and prominent member of the Lutheran Evangelical Church is preparing to be ordained a priest in the Catholic Church, an unprecedented event since the Reformation. Michel Viot …
read moreThe Catholic Church is by far the most trustworthy institution in Chile, but it is losing members to evangelical Protestant groups, a new survey finds. The 2001 Church National Survey found …
read moreEvangelical and Catholic leaders in Argentina have proposed to link some of their services to better help the needy. The executive commission of the Argentine bishops conference and the …
read moreThe Holy See denounced what it sees as an aggressive campaign by fundamentalist religious groups, most of them U.S.-based, to infiltrate Guatemala in recent years. The criticism came in a …
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