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Archbishop answers critics on Communion for politicians
Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, DC, has responded to criticisms about allowing pro-abortion politicians to receive Communion. In a column that appears in this week's edition of ...
Hitting nails on heads
Forum: When a master carpenter drives in a nail, he doesn't take a long windup with his hammer. Quick, short strokes will do the trick. The important thing is to hit the nail directly on the ...
Irish Christian leaders barred from holy site in Jerusalem
An ecumenical delegation of Irish Christian leaders was barred from visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem on May 1 because some of the clerics were wearing pectoral crosses. Cardinal ...
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Pope plans short vacation before World Youth Day
Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Australia three days early, leaving himself time to rest and recuperate from the trip before joining ...

Pope prods Cuba on religious freedom
Pope Benedict XVI called for greater freedom for the Church in Cuba, during a May 2 meeting with the bishops of that country. As the ...

Vatican unworried by Pope's exclusion from Time top-100 list
The director of the Vatican press office has said that he was not dismayed to find Pope Benedict XVI missing from a list of the world's ...

Communion for pro-abortion politicians: an American dispute seen through Italian eyes ...

Italian teens are top consumers of morning-after pill
Sales of the morning-after pill in Italy in 2006 primarily to teenagers, the ANSA news agency reports. Teenage girls bought 55% of the ...

British royal's fiancée renounces Catholic faith
A young English woman has renounced her Catholic faith so that her fiancé, a member of the British royal family, can preserve is remote ...

Two beatifications this weekend
This weekend two women will be beatified. Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation, foundress of the Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament, will be ...

Council of Europe weighs same-sex adoption
A committee connected to the Council of Europe next week will consider signing the European Convention on the Adoption of Children which ...

Bankruptcy court approves settlement by Davenport diocese
A US federal bankruptcy court in Iowa has approved the terms of a settlement in which the Diocese of Davenport will provide $37 million in ...

Assisi: armed guards to curb beggars, pickpockets
Franciscan authorities in Assisi have engaged security guards to protect pilgrims from pickpockets and aggressive beggars, the London ...

Cardinal Egan's rebuke to Giuliani: important subtleties
Forum: In his public rebuke to Rudy Giuliani for improperly receiving Communion during Pope Benedict's visit to New York, Cardinal Edward Egan ...

Pope sees US as model for healthy secularism
Reflecting on his pastoral visit to the US during his weekly public audience on April 30, Pope Benedict XVI said that America offers the ...

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·  Church leaders forced to cancel holy site visit in crucifixes row (Irish Independent)
·  China: Catholics advised against going to other provinces for pilgrimages in May (UCAN)
·  Cardinal Rigali welcomes proposed human-animal hybrid ban (USCCB)
·  Speculation continues about Egan’s successor (AP)
·  The papal visit: Americans reflect (Knights of Columbus)
·  Quiet encounter: When Benedict XVI met Cardinal Dulles (National Catholic Register)
·  Bishops’ conference official testifies US ‘should and must’ do more to address Iraqi refugee crisis (USCCB)
·  Bush hopes for world prayer day (AFP)
·  Gay pride parades cancelled in Moscow (Interfax)
·  US Jewish leaders call for boycott of Beijing Olympics (AP)
·  Once-accused priest to lead parish (Cincinnati Enquirer)
·  New Mexico police remove 3 children from church compound (AP)
·  Bishop of Accra: Ghana works for democracy (Vatican Radio)
·  Bishops Olmsted and Kicanas: Freedom of conscience (Arizona Catholic Conference)
·  The Pulitzers: National reporting finalist ‘CIA Interrogation Tapes’ (New York Times)
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