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The Catholic Diaspora and the Tragedy of Liberal Catholicism
The administration is on the shakiest of legal ground in attempting to impose contraception, sterilization and abortifacients...
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New Evangelization synod expected to focus on family’s role
The October 2012 Synod of Bishops in Rome is likely to identify the family as the key place for beginning the re-evangelization...
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Bioethicist welcomes Pope’s call for ethical infertility treatments
Pope Benedict XVI’s call for more research into ethical treatments for infertility as an alternative to in vitro fertilization...
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Some see bishops in danger of overplaying their hand
In the three weeks between President Barack Obama’s Jan. 20 announcement that there would be no expansion of the conscience...
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Author open to chance of Dolan as papal contender
Author and veteran Vatican reporter John Allen, who has consistently downplayed the hype around New York Cardinal Timothy...
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The Vatican’s Secret Archive: selected papal documents go on display in Italy
“We don’t want this material to be secret,” said the archivist, waving at an endless row of shelves packed...
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Spanish Civil War seen as religious conflict, biographer says
Biographer Joseph Pearce says the famous South African poet Roy Campbell saw the Spanish Civil War as a religious conflict...
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Pope comes to Mexico as messenger of peace
Pope Benedict will visit Mexico as a messenger of peace and hope “amid the state of insecurity, violence and drug trafficking”...
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Catholic Church Takes Over HIV/Aids Project in Uganda
After eight years of providing relief to HIV/Aids patients in Uganda, a US faith-based organisation has handed over the project...
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Clergy, others rip Santorum views on church-state roles
Rick Santorum, a Catholic who has used his views to appeal to Christian conservatives, has angered religious leaders across...




