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Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. John Leonardi. New Prefect of Clergy Vatican Yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Cardinal Claudio Hummes from the post of Prefect of the Congregation …More
Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. John Leonardi.

New Prefect of Clergy

Vatican


Yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Cardinal Claudio Hummes from the post of Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy. The Holy Father appointed Italian Archbishop Mauro Piacenza – the secretary of the same Congregation - to succeed Hummes.

The Catholic Journalist Has One Criterium

Vatican

Yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI met with the participants of the Catholic Press Congress promoted by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. The Holy Father noted the influence of media on perception of reality in an ever developing world. He called Catholic communications experts to base their efforts in the truth of the Word of God.

Towards a Ban of Religion in US-Schools

USA

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a court decision upholding a New Jersey school district’s decision to ban the performance of Christmas carols at public concerts. Attorney Robert Muise of the Thomas More Law Center said: “Religion has not been banned totally in schools, but we’re headed in that direction”.

An Unmitigated Social Disaster

China

On Tuesday, population expert Steve Mosher condemned recent statements made by Chinese government officials praising the country's one-child policy. Mosher already helped voice alarm over the policy when it took effect 30 years ago. Now he decried the situation as an “unmitigated social disaster.” Over the past 30 years in China, 400 million births have been prevented, producing girl-abortions and a dramatic lack of female Chinese.

Italian Courts Make Politics

Italy

Italy’s law on assisted human reproduction faces a legal challenge in the country’s Constitutional Court. The Italian law was passed in 2003 with strong support from Catholics. It forbids the use of artificial techniques to assist pregnancies for single women, same-sex couples, or women beyond child-bearing age. The bill respects the rights of the human embryo, preserves the family as the fundamental social unit and ended decades of unregulated practices which have led to notorious cases of 'granny births'.
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