| Venezuelan Catholic daily denounces ?hunt for kids? in Tachira Tachira, May 9, 2008 / 02:21 pm (CNA).- The director of the Diario Catolico in Venezuela, Father Jose Laureano Ballesteros Blanco, has denounced the ?hunt for kids? in the city of Tachira. The targeting of young people is done through radio commercials encouraging them to visit brothels and by religious sects that seek to ?brainwash them, isolate them from their families and form fundamentalist groups.? |
| Without Christ man cannot live in fullness, says Italian soccer player Vatican City, May 9, 2008 / 01:08 pm (CNA).- The captain of the Milan soccer team Inter, Javier ?Pupi? Zanetti, said this week, ?I firmly believe that without Christ, man cannot live in fullness.? |
| Security increased for Colombian priests under death threats Bogotá, May 9, 2008 / 10:51 am (CNA).- Death threats against priests in the Colombian town of Magdalena Medio have led Church officials to move two priests from their parishes for security reasons, despite their requests to remain at their posts. |
| God can miraculously restore Christian unity if we are open, Pope Benedict urges Vatican City, May 9, 2008 / 10:05 am (CNA).- The Holy Father and His Holiness Karekin II, the leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, met privately at the Vatican this morning and then went on to pray the Midday Liturgy of the Hours with the Armenians delegation. The Holy Spirit, the Pope encouraged in his remarks to the group, can work miracles to bring about unity between Christians if we are open to Him. |
| Priestly crop for 2008 is quite diverse Washington DC, May 9, 2008 / 06:17 am (CNA).- A study of potential ordinands for 2008 reveals a diverse set of men will present themselves for priestly ordination this year. |
| Human cloning bans advance in ?radically changed? stem cell field Perth, May 9, 2008 / 04:48 am (CNA).- In one of the first legislative actions involving embryonic cloning since the discovery of a breakthrough stem cell production technique, lawmakers in an Australian state have rejected legislation that would allow human cloning for research purposes, Cybercast News Service reports. |
| Anglicans must clarify their identity, Cardinal Kasper says London, May 9, 2008 / 02:34 am (CNA).- Cardinal Walter Kasper has called for the Anglican Church to ?clarify its identity,? saying the church must make ?certain difficult decisions? to determine whether it belongs to the Catholic and Orthodox Churches of the first millennium or the Protestant Churches of the 16th century. |
| Court overturns conviction of Brazilian rancher accused in nun slaying Rio de Janeiro, May 8, 2008 / 11:12 pm (CNA).- A Brazilian rancher accused of ordering the murder of American religious sister Dorothy Stang has had his conviction overturned in a retrial. The court confirmed the conviction of a second suspect in the shooting. |
| Catholic magazine in Cuba says new government should step up changes Havana, May 8, 2008 / 07:24 pm (CNA).- The latest edition of the Archdiocese of Havana?s publication ?Espacio Laical? features an extensive article on the new government of Raul Castro and argues that he is the only one capable of producing changes that are both gradual, dramatic and profound. |
| Michigan court rules that marriage law bans same-sex partnership benefits Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2008 / 06:00 pm (CNA).- The Michigan General Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state?s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages also blocks Michigan governments and state universities from offering ?domestic partnership? benefits for homosexual couples. |