Articles on this issue "laws"
The Roman Rota should be increasingly characterized by unity, since the application of law in diverse cultures can tend to become distant from Church teaching, Benedict XVI says. The Pope …
read moreMuch ink has been spilled over the supposed implications of having five Catholic justices sitting simultaneously on the U.S. Supreme Court. But beyond speculation about what results this …
read moreThe U.S. bishops welcomed a bipartisan government deal as a significant step forward in the country's establishing of a more just and equitable trade policy. Bishop Thomas Wenski, chairman of …
read moreThe Catholic bishops of Scotland are urging their parishioners to vote against legislation and regulations at odds with the insights and values of the Christian faith. In a strongly worded …
read moreThe Italian government's bill on the legal recognition of the rights of cohabitants has drawn criticism from the Cardinal Van Thuân International Observatory. Stefano Fontana, director of the …
read moreBenedict XVI says that legislators should respect life, marriage and the family, issues that he says are of particular concern to him. The Pope made this comment today on receiving the letters …
read moreBenedict XVI urged that violence not be allowed to stain the sports world, in the wake of rioting at a soccer game that left a police officer dead. The Pope's appeal was expressed in a …
read moreBenedict XVI called for immigration laws that favor integration and dialogue between cultures, to avoid xenophobic reactions or gaps in the rule of law. The Pope analyzed the phenomenon of …
read morePart of the solution to the United States' immigration problems will require a renewed commitment to solidarity, says Mary Ann Glendon. Glendon, the president of the Pontifical Academy of …
read moreBy Catherine Smibert Rome is being invaded by a group of individuals who have helped protect its heart over the past 500 years -- the Swiss Guards, past and present. The week surrounding their …
read moreHere is the text of a concluding statement on the plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on the theme "Vanishing Youth? Solidarity with Children and Young People in an …
read moreThe Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences is currently holding its plenary session on the theme "Vanishing Youth? Solidarity with Children and Young People in an Age of Turbulence." The …
read moreScientists representing the natural and social sciences, and various countries, cultures and creeds, are breaking down barriers in the name of education, says a pontifical-academy official. …
read moreCardinal Alfonso López Trujillo asked a blunt question when addressing the Synod of Bishops: "May access to Eucharistic Communion be allowed to those who deny human and Christian values and …
read moreTo omit the juridical dimension of the Church would be equivalent to having an altered vision of it, says a professor. Eduardo Baura made that comment in connection with the presentation in …
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