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Cardinal Denounces Obama’s Stem Cell Ban Reversal

March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The U.S. bishops’ conference pro-life committee chairman is denouncing President Barack Obama’s executive order that will allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Cardinal Justin Rigali issued a response to the U.S. president’s order today that will allow federal tax dollars to be used to fund scientists in the destruction of [...]

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Envoy Named for Our Lady of Europe Event

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The retired prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes will represent Benedict XVI at the closing of the jubilee year convoked for the 700th anniversary of the devotion to Our Lady of Europe.
Cardinal José Saraiva Martins will represent the Pope at the May 5 event to be held at the Shrine of [...]

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Pontifical Act

March 10, 2009 | 2 Comments

The Holy Father appointed Bishop Pascal Delannoy, auxiliary of Lille, France, as bishop of Saint-Denis (area 235, population 1,459,000, Catholics 635,000, priests 130, permanent deacons 26, religious 261), France.

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Care for HIV/AIDS Sufferers, Shared Between Men and Women

March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York, yesterday addressed the fifty-third session of the Economic and Social Council’s Commission on the Status of Women, which was meeting to consider the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS.
Care for [...]

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Vatican Spokesman Speaks on Youth’s Need for Hope

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Youth today need a great hope capable of unmasking the idolatry of money, career and success, says the Vatican spokesman.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, affirmed this in his editorial on the latest episode of “Octava Dies,” in which he commented on Benedict XVI’s message for World Youth [...]