Apr

7

Milan Exhibit Gives Church’s View of History

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A Milan exhibition of L’Osservatore Romano is giving an inside look at the principal events of Italy and the Church in the last 147 years, since the Vatican’s semi-official daily first began.
The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart opened Sunday a “rereading of history from the point of view of the Holy See and 11 […]

Apr

7

Chile Bans Free Morning-After Pills

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Court Overturns Earlier Decision
Chile’s Constitutional Court put a stop to its government’s free distribution of the so-called morning-after pill.
The abortifacient pill was approved for free distribution to women and girls as young as 15 after the Supreme Court approved the government program in February.
The pill, also misnamed as emergency contraception, is a high dosage of […]

Apr

7

Caribbean Bishops Need Vocations, Says Pontiff

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Bishops in the Caribbean need to focus attention on promoting the priesthood and the formation of priests, Benedict XVI says.
The Pope affirmed this today in the Vatican when he received in audience prelates from the Antilles Episcopal Conference, who have just completed their five-yearly visit.
The Antilles refers to the islands forming the greater part of […]

Apr

7

Cardinal Cordes Meets with Bishops of England and Wales

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  Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”, is to meet with bishops of England and Wales gathered in plenary assembly in the northern English city of Leeds from 7 to 10 April.
  At the invitation of the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales (CBEW), the cardinal will dialogue with the […]

Apr

7

Setting Out for Emmaus

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Here is a translation of the greeting Benedict XVI gave today before praying the Regina Caeli with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
* * *Dear Brothers and Sisters,
This Gospel for this Sunday — the 3rd Sunday of Easter — is the celebrated account of the disciples of Emmaus (cf. Luke 24:13-35). The story […]

Apr

7

Bishops of Antilles: Diocesan Pastoral Renewal

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  Today in the Vatican, the Holy Father received prelates from the Antilles Episcopal Conference, who have just completed their “ad limina” visit.
  Addressing the bishops in English, the Holy Father reminded them how “your shores have been battered by negative aspects of the entertainment industry, exploitative tourism and the scourge of the arms and […]

Apr

7

Attempts to Make the Oldest Profession Legitimate

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By Father John Flynn, LC
The March resignation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer due to revelations regarding his escapades with a prostitute renewed the public debate over the issue of selling sex.
Writing in the opinion pages of the March 13 edition of the Los Angeles Times, Patty Kelly, an anthropology professor at George Washington University, […]