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View "The Faithful Departed" Blog at blogspot.com Pope, Armenian patriarch pray for restored unity At a midday meeting on May 9 with the leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Pope Benedict XVI looked forward to Pentecost Sunday and said, "we will pray in a particular way for the ... British cardinal: public life cannot be "God-free zone" England's leading Catholic prelate has warned against pressure to make the nation's public life a "God-free zone." In a lecture delivered at Westminster Cathedral, as part of a series ... Abstinence seen as key to AIDS fight in Africa Efforts to curb the AIDS epidemic in Africa should concentrate on promoting sexual restraint, a team of Harvard researchers has concluded, after finding that condom-distribution campaigns ... ADVERTISEMENT - view all the ads. Please support Catholic World News by visiting our advertisers! Kansas: archbishop bars governor from Communion Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City has announced that Governor Kathleen Sebelius should not receive Communion because of her support ... Canadian pro-lifers join in largest-ever march on Parliament A massive crowd of pro-life demonstrators, the majority of whom were youths, gathered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 8 to issue a ... Genoa's cardinal says Pope will be welcome despite protests Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco has promised that Pope Benedict XVI will receive a warm welcome in Genoa when he visits that city on May 17, ... Newly ordained US priests older, one-third foreign-born Roughly one-third of the Catholic priests scheduled to be ordained in the United States in 2008 were born in another country, the US ... Spanish bishops await details on new religious-freedom law The Spanish bishops' conference is withholding comment on reports that the government plans to put forward amendments to the country's law ... Honduran cardinal rips US for border-fence plan A Honduran cardinal has denounced the US plans for construction of a wall along the country's border with Mexico. Cardinal Oscar ... Vatican asks for "good will" in interpreting motu proprio Cardinal Dario Castrillon-Hoyos has told an Italian magazine that diocesan bishops should show good will in granting requests for the ... German bishop blocks university appointment The Catholic bishop of Eichstatt, Germany, has exercised his right to block the appointment of a theologian as president of a local ... Opposition in Myanmar looks for world condemnation of military regime (AsiaNews) WHO to endorse pro-abortion conference? The World Health Organization (WHO) is likely to endorse a pro-abortion conference, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) ... Practicing Catholics missing from new Italian government leadership, journalist notes An Italian journalist and pro-life campaigner has called attention to the absence of practicing Catholics from the new Italian government. ... Vatican web site now offers Latin version The Vatican's web site, which provides material in several different languages, is now including the official language of the Holy See: ... ·  outreach ·  The Future, seen through bifocals ·  primates & ungulates: putting the order back in ordination ·  the undead ·  making a splash ·  Catholic Church vetoes German university appointment (DPA) ·  Caritas laments loss of precious time in getting aid to Burma (Vatican Radio) ·  Public life cannot be ‘God-free,’ says top Catholic cardinal (The Guardian) ·  Pope can’t visit RP due to hectic schedule (CBCP) ·  India: Theologians ask Church to shed ‘all-knowing’ attitude (UCAN) ·  Cardinal Rode calls for restraint in use of resources (Slovenian Press Agency) ·  Government's treatment of migrants 'shameful,' says bishop (Christian Today) ·  Documents show UK post-WWII dilemma over Jewish refugees (AP) ·  US judge hears case of woman who says veil cost her claim (AP) ·  McCain: Courting Catholics (National Catholic Register) ·  Catholics have become key Clinton base: analyst (Reuters) ·  Blaze devastates main building at Our Lady of the Lake U. (Chronicle of Higher Education) ·  Father David-Maria Jaeger on Israel’s 60th anniversary (Vatican Radio) ·  Chuck Colson: Stay out of ‘The Shack’ (BreakPoint) ·  The Pulitzers: Feature writing winner ‘Pearls Before Breakfast’ (Washington Post)

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