4 hrs ago | Penticton Herald
E.T phone Rome: Vatican hosts conference on possible alien life
In this Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, file photo, Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi looks on near a portrait of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, part of the "Galilei Divin Uomo" exhibit, in the Santa Maria degli Angeli Basilica in Rome.
8 hrs ago | Medical News Today
Debate Over Kennedy Funeral Publicizes Catholic Schism Over Treatment ...
Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 09 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST A debate over whether the late Sen.
13 hrs ago | Providence Journal
Bishop again attacks Kennedy over abortion stand in health-care reform
Even as they agreed to postpone a planned face-to-face meeting that had been set for Thursday, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin turned up the heat Monday on U.S. Rep.
17 hrs ago | Edge San Francisco
Analysis reveals Roman Catholic dioceses poured money into anti-marriage campaign in Maine
An analysis of fundraising reports indicates Roman Catholic dioceses and even individual priests from around the country donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the anti-marriage campaign that successfully overturned Maine's law that had allowed same-sex couples to tie the knot.
Sainthood for nun who died near PB, ...
The Rev. Warren Harvey, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pine Bluff, stands next to the headstone of Sister Agnes Hart, whom Harvey believes could be considered for sainthood.
Pope Benedict has paid tribute to Paul VI, the pope who made him a cardinal. Thousands turned out in a chilly rain for Benedict's Mass in Paul VI Square outside the cathedral in Brescia , Italy.
'I walked after prayer to Cardinal'
A US Roman Catholic deacon has spoken of how the agonising pain he had suffered from a spinal disorder disappeared after praying to the revered English Cardinal John Henry Newman.
Mass. diocese amends church closure plans
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has amended its plan to merge five parishes in Northampton.
Vatican on Anglicans: celibacy rule unchanged
The Vatican has confirmed that opening its door to married Anglican priests doesn't mean the Roman Catholic church's requirement for celibacy for clergy is changing.
Salim Mansur When the Wall came tumbling down
Twenty years ago on Nov. 9, a captive people of a divided continent literally with their hands dismantled the Berlin Wall.
Hearing Planned on Releasing Church Abuse Documents
A court hearing is planned to determine when to release documents generated for sexual abuse lawsuits against priests in a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut.
Positivity: Traditional Anglican Communion of U.K. first to accept Pope's offer
From London, England : Nov 6, 2009 / 12:24 am .- Members of The Traditional Anglican Church in Great Britain have announced that they will enter into communion with the Vatican under Pope Benedict XVI's Apostolic Constitution for Anglicans.
Nova Scotia Catholics shocked by child-pornography charges against bishop
Roman Catholics in northern Nova Scotia watched with shock and sadness on Thursday the television images of their once respected bishop surrendering to police in Ottawa.
Pope Benedict visits Italian roots of Paul VI, pontiff who made him cardinal in 1977
Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.
Virginia bishop urges mercy for convicted sniper set to be executed
By Catholic News Service ARLINGTON, Va. - As Virginia prepared to execute convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, Bishop Paul S. Loverde of Arlington called for mercy and urged that Muhammad's sentence be commuted to life in prison without possibility of parole.
Hungarian bishop who froze in communist prison beatified as martyr
By Catholic News Service ESZTERGOM, Hungary - Hungarian Bishop Zoltan Meszlenyi, who froze to death in a Hungarian prison in 1951, has been beatified as a martyr for the faith.
Funeral services held for slain Plymouth-born nun
GALLUP, N.M. - A slain Catholic nun who lived and worked on the Navajo Indian reservation of western New Mexico was remembered for her passion for the poor at funeral services.
I just can't keep it in. I know I shouldn't boast but, well, as a Roman Catholic I simply have to.
Children's author G P Taylor to leave 'sinking ship' Church of England and become Catholic
Vicar-turned-author Rev G P Taylor says he will desert the "sinking ship" Church of England, which he said was the "spiritual arm of New Labour", for Roman Catholicism.
Blog Fight: Roman Catholic Church vs. New York Times
Unlike his predecessor, recently installed New York archbishop Timothy Dolan was expected to use his proximity to the nation's most powerful media outlets to raise the Roman Catholic Church's public profile.
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