Benedict XVI's appeal to G-8 leaders

A Muslim friend's letter to Slain Father Ragheed

ROME - June 6, 2007 - (Zenit) - Here is a translation of a letter written posthumously to Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni by a Muslim friend of his who is a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Father Ragheed and three deacons were shot and killed in Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday after Mass.* * *In the name of the compassionate and merciful Go...

Cardinal welcomes Supreme Court decision upholding Federal Partial-Birth Abortion ban

WASHINGTON, DC (April 18, 2007) - USCCB - Cardinal Justin Rigali welcomed the Supreme Court

Statement from the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

The announcements by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland placing several of its priests on Administrative Leave reflect the Diocese’s ongoing examination of prior instances of alleged sexual abuse of children. We remain committed to addressing this issue directly and openly. In this way, Bishop Pilla recently stated, all of us can become more a...

Pope names Bishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Duluth Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati

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Another Vatican denial on ambassadors

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Saint Therese's astronaut visits Vatican

The U.S. astronaut who carried relics of St. Th