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In these years of heated debate and strong criticism towards the Holy See and the Church, it is absolutely ...»

Huge falls of snow have caused chaos across Eastern Europe. More than a meter of snow fell on the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo Saturday trapping people ...»

Representatives of 100 bishops’ conferences and 30 religious orders meet in Rome next week to launch a global initiative aimed at improving ...»

A communiqué from the Holy See’s Press Office today announced that Pope Benedict XVI has called for a day of reflection and prayer ahead ...»

A recent study published by the British medical journal the Lancet shows that more than a million people died from malaria in 2010, which is ...»

Heavy rains are continuing in Australia, as military helicopters evacuated stranded residents from flooded towns. More than 11,000 people in ...»

With six-months to go before the Opening Ceremony of the XXX Olympiad, bishops from the three London dioceses have visited the Olympic Park to see ...»

On Thursday evening, Pope Benedict celebrated Solemn Vespers for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord at Saint Peter’s Basilica. The ...»

Today, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit filed in 2002 by the insurance ...»

“Stories from another world” is the title of a major exhibition opening this spring in the Italian city of Pisa that was jointly ...»

Over 100 bishops in the United States have issued individual statements opposing an order from the Obama administration directing many Catholic ...»

The British media has recently been covering a story which focuses around philosopher and writer Alain de Botton’s alleged plans to build a ...»

Scores of people were missing off Papua New Guinea today after a ferry carrying about 350 passengers sank, with many feared dead. Over 230 people ...»

“We are so happy for this honour for John Cardinal Tong himself, but mainly for the Church in China, and the whole of China, because Cardinal ...»

On the afternoon of Wednesday 2nd of February , Feast of the Presentation of the Lord , Pope Benedict XVI will preside over vespers in Saint ...»

he death toll in Europe due to the extremely cold weather has exceeded 100 people. People died due to record low temperatures in Poland, the Czech ...»

Diplomats are claiming considerable progress toward overcoming Russian objections to a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at halting the violence ...»

Italian emergency officials are ending the search for missing people in the submerged part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship due to the danger to ...»

Pope Benedict’s prayer intentions for this month of February are that all people have full access to water and the resources necessary for ...»

A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday endorsed stress tests to see if Japanese nuclear plants could withstand a repeat ...»