February 9 CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS
Irish politicians who support abortion should be denied Communion: Cardinal BurkeCWN - 4 hours ago
Cardinal Raymond Burke has told an Irish audience that politicians who vote to approve legal abortion should not receive the Eucharist. In an interview with the Catholic Voice, the head of the...
German cardinal was misled on effects of
'morning-after pill,' top doctor chargesCWN - 4 hours ago
Public comments by Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne were manipulated in stories that the German cardinal was approving the use of the “morning-after pill” in Catholic hospitals, according to the...
Judge rules against Cincinnati archdiocese in firing of Catholic school employeeCWN - 15 hours ago
A senior US district court judge has ruled against the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in a case involving the dismissal of an employee who became pregnant by artificial insemination. Christa Dias, a...
Egypt: children on trial for insulting Islam; family sentenced for conversion to ChristianityCWN - 15 hours ago
Two Egyptian Christian children are on trial for insulting Islam. According to different versions of the allegations, they tore pages out of the Qur’an or urinated on them.“They are just small...
Quebec: victims discuss abuse at Indian residential schoolsCWN - 15 hours ago
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is holding hearings in Quebec on the abuse that took place in the Indian residential school system. From 1884 to 1948, Canadian law compelled...
Papal greetings to celebration of 50th anniversary of Elysee TreatyCWN - 4 hours ago
Pope Benedict XVI has sent his greetings to a conference organized by the French and German bishops’ conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty, which marked the...
Italian Cardinal Cheli dead at 94CWN - 6 hours ago
Cardinal Giovanni Cheli, the former president of the Pontifical Council for Migrants, died on February 7 at the age of 94. The Italian prelate had worked in the Vatican Secretariat of State and...
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