2012-12-14T18:00:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 14, 2012 at 6:00 pm   By

Vatican City, Dec 14, 2012 / 11:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- This Christmas season visitors to St. Peter’s Square will get a chance to see a Nativity scene that is set amid a famous city of ancient cave dwellings from southern Italy. “The Nati... Read more

2012-12-14T17:21:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 14, 2012 at 5:21 pm   By

Washington D.C., Dec 14, 2012 / 10:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom experts are decrying a recent announcement by the French government that it will deport and dissolve groups that are labeled extreme and appear to suffer from “religious... Read more

2012-12-14T11:14:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 14, 2012 at 11:14 am   By

Lansing, Mich., Dec 14, 2012 / 04:14 am (CNA).- Catholic commentators have weighed in on both sides of the controversial “right to work” labor bill in the longtime union stronghold of Michigan, with some warning that the law puts workers&rs... Read more

2012-12-14T09:02:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 14, 2012 at 9:02 am   By

San Francisco, Calif., Dec 14, 2012 / 02:02 am (CNA).- A move by San Francisco's city officials to support a celebration of the 40th anniversary of legalized abortion in the U.S. has been interpreted by some as an attempt to discourage a local pro-... Read more

2012-12-14T07:03:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 14, 2012 at 7:03 am   By

Atlanta, Ga., Dec 14, 2012 / 12:03 am (CNA).- The outreach organization Catholics Come Home has announced new campaigns for Advent and the Year of Faith while launching a revised website to encourage non-practicing Catholics to return to the Church. ... Read more

2012-12-13T23:37:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 13, 2012 at 11:37 pm   By

Paris, France, Dec 13, 2012 / 04:37 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A French cabinet member announced that the government will monitor certain groups for "religious pathology," including a traditionalist Catholic organization, and will shut th... Read more

2012-12-13T23:04:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 13, 2012 at 11:04 pm   By

Rome, Italy, Dec 13, 2012 / 04:04 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, said the Catholics of America should be “on the front lines in the battle” for justice, peace and “authentic hu... Read more

2012-12-13T22:35:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 13, 2012 at 10:35 pm   By

Richmond, Va., Dec 13, 2012 / 03:35 pm (CNA).- Bishop emeritus Walter F. Sullivan of Richmond, Va., a prominent advocate of social issues, passed away on Dec. 11at his Virginia home after recently being diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. The Dio... Read more

2012-12-13T19:26:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 13, 2012 at 7:26 pm   By

Vatican City, Dec 13, 2012 / 12:26 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As young people become more concerned with quick professional success and rely on social networks as a replacement for community, Pope Benedict said that families and governments must work for the... Read more

2012-12-13T19:02:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 13, 2012 at 7:02 pm   By

Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec 13, 2012 / 12:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Uruguayan House of Representatives has voted to pass a law legalizing same-sex “marriage” in the country. According to the Efe news agency, sponsors brought the bill up f... Read more

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