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Pope pleads for peace in South Ossetia
Pope Benedict XVI appealed for an immediate halt to the military clash in South Ossetia during a public audience on Sunday, August 10.
Speaking to about 9,000 who had gathered at the ...
Asylum petitions in Australia after World Youth Day
Australian authorities have received at least 20 pleas for asylum from young people who had received clearance to visit the country for World Youth Day.
Immigration officials in ...
Sri Lankan shrine re-opens as fighting ebbs
The shrine of Our Lady of Madhu, Sri Lanka's most active pilgrimage site, has been cautiously re-opened, although the area is still considered dangerous because of continued fighting ...
New Jersey bishop corrects paper's analysis on Catholic voting
Bishop John Smith of Trenton, New Jersey, has responded to an article in the Times of Trenton entitled, "US bishops: Vote your conscience."
In his response, Bishop Smith states that the ...
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Syrian leader invites papal visit
A top Islamic leader has issued an invitation for Pope Benedict XVI to visit Syria during the current Pauline year, the Italian Apcom news agency reports.
Sheik Ahmad Badereddine ...
Catholic-Anglican ties strained, cardinal warns Lambeth
Dramatic changes within the Anglican communion have seriously damaged their relations with the Catholic Church, Cardinal Walter Kasper warned in a blunt address to the Anglican prelates ...
Ugandan Anglican leader raps Archbishop of Canterbury
An Anglican prelate from Africa has accused the Archbishop of Canterbury of betraying fundamental Christian principles, and questioned why the leader of the Anglican communion is chosen by ...
Obsessive focus on 'reproductive rights' in UN population report
The annual report of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is devoted almost exclusively to "reproductive health," the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) reports.
The UNFPA ...
Abstinence is goal in India's new AIDS-awareness program
The National AIDS Control Organization-- India's federal HIV/AIDS monitoring agency-- has unveiled a new AIDS-awareness curriculum that will focus on abstinence instead of condoms and ...