English bishop says Iraqi Christian community undergoing own Calvary
— Mar 19, 2008
An English bishop asked Catholics in England and Wales to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq by praying for the Iraqi Christian community, which is "undergoing its own Calvary."
— Mar 19, 2008
An English bishop asked Catholics in England and Wales to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq by praying for the Iraqi Christian community, which is "undergoing its own Calvary."
— Mar 15, 2008
When the Rev. John Hagee, the televangelist, gave U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona a ringing endorsement in his run for president, the opposite of an "amen chorus" sounded from well beyond Rev. Hagee's evangelical Cornerstone Church in San Antonio.
— Mar 13, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI called the kidnapping and death of an Iraqi archbishop "an act of inhuman violence that offends the dignity of the human being and seriously harms the ... coexistence among the beloved Iraqi people."
— Mar 12, 2008
Catholic leaders in Green Bay and Mississippi paused to reflect on the impact the near-certain Hall of Fame quarterback had on and off the field.
— Mar 10, 2008
New forms of sin have arisen in the area of biotechnology, economics and ecology, and many involve questions of individual rights and wider social effects, said Bishop Gianfranco Girotti.
— Mar 8, 2008
Today fewer media owners live in the communities their stations serve, and with less local ownership comes less local programming.
— Mar 7, 2008
The costs to the Catholic Church for legal settlements in abuse cases, therapy for victims of sexual abuse, support for offenders and legal fees soared to more than $600 million in 2007, the fourth year of reporting on the handling of abuse cases by U.S. dioceses and religious orders.
— Feb 22, 2008
In an address to Serbia's new ambassador to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI called on all parties to act with "prudence and moderation" in response to "the current crisis in Kosovo."
— Feb 22, 2008
Jennie Lewis calmly walked up to her next client, who lay covered in white sheets upon a raised table. Lewis asked the client if it was OK to pray with her. The client consented and the massage therapist began her prayer.
— Feb 15, 2008
As helicopters hovered noisily over the parking lot at Christ the Teacher Parish on the campus of Northern Illinois University, students, staff and parishioners gathered in the church to pray the rosary for victims of the Feb. 14 shooting on their campus.
— Feb 15, 2008
"He was a big hugger. He would wrap himself around you," said Alice Fuentes, a member of the eighth-grade class at St. Jerome School. The class adopted Andrew, his parents and six siblings when they migrated from Myanmar in 2007.
— Jan 30, 2008
U.S. pro-life leaders praised President George W. Bush's support for a ban on human cloning and for increased funding for "ethical medical research" on stem cells that does not involve destroying human embryos.
— Jan 25, 2008
In a world where the media increasingly distort facts and manipulate minds, the communication industry needs an ethics code, Pope Benedict XVI said.
— Jan 25, 2008
While officials in Illinois hailed a victory that will allow Catholic schools there to use state funds for health and safety improvements, others in Maryland and New York decried decisions of their governors that would reduce the assistance available to Catholic schools and their students.
— Jan 14, 2008
The program ensures that no one at Providence's four facilities dies without someone at their bedside.
— Jan 7, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI appealed for an immediate end to ethnic violence in Kenya and called on political leaders to resolve the conflict there through "dialogue and democratic debate."
— Dec 15, 2007
"Maybe I should be reading more," mused Marianist Brother Francis Deibel.
The 99-year-old brother may have a point. Each day he spends up to four hours at his computer exchanging e-mails with more than 100 contacts.
— Dec 1, 2007
In an encyclical on Christian hope, Pope Benedict XVI said that, without faith in God, humanity lies at the mercy of ideologies that can lead to "the greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice."
— Nov 30, 2007
Henry J. Hyde, the former Republican congressman from Illinois whose name became synonymous with efforts to limit federal funding of abortion, died Nov. 29 at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
— Nov 9, 2007
The head of the Pakistani Catholic bishops' conference expressed concern over the imposition of emergency rule that has led to widespread protests and a crackdown by the military regime of Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president.
— Nov 4, 2007
When Kate and David Brooks found out they were expecting for the second time, they had no idea how true those words would become for their family.
