2012-12-12T00:41:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 12, 2012 at 12:41 am   By

Washington D.C., Dec 11, 2012 / 05:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Three Mennonite Christians who own a wood manufacturing company in Pennsylvania have filed a lawsuit challenging the federal contraception mandate for threatening their right to religious freed... Read more

2012-12-11T23:02:00+00:00

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Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec 11, 2012 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Nearly one hundred doctors in Uruguay filed a lawsuit on Dec. 7, arguing that the country's new abortion norms to not allow for conscientious objection. According to the newspaper El... Read more

2012-12-11T22:56:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 11, 2012 at 10:56 pm   By

Vatican City, Dec 11, 2012 / 03:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Chinese government has suspended a Catholic bishop who resigned from the government-run Catholic association, leading the Vatican's spokesman to describe the Holy See as deeply concerned. ... Read more

2012-12-11T19:03:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 11, 2012 at 7:03 pm   By

Vatican City, Dec 11, 2012 / 12:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An official for the Vatican's Latin America commission has warned against a “gray pragmatism and mediocrity” that he believes has infiltrated Christianity in America. Professor ... Read more

2012-12-11T18:39:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 11, 2012 at 6:39 pm   By

Orange, Calif., Dec 11, 2012 / 11:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his first homily as head of the Orange diocese, Bishop Kevin Vann urged Catholics to help build up the Body of Christ and to shape the culture, not be shaped by it. “We are gathered h... Read more

2012-12-11T11:16:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 11, 2012 at 11:16 am   By

Los Angeles, Calif., Dec 11, 2012 / 04:16 am (CNA).- Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles is describing Advent as “a season of Mary” and a time for Catholics to “turn to Mary in a new way.” “We have to take Mar... Read more

2012-12-11T09:06:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 11, 2012 at 9:06 am   By

Washington D.C., Dec 11, 2012 / 02:06 am (CNA).- A new initiative in the nation’s capital invites members of Congress to “adopt” international prisoners of conscience to advocate for their release and to highlight the importance of hu... Read more

2012-12-11T07:10:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 11, 2012 at 7:10 am   By

Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Dec 11, 2012 / 12:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, the papal nuncio to the Ivory Coast, died on Saturday evening in a serious car accident on his way to an ordination in the West African country. President Alas... Read more

2012-12-10T23:07:00+00:00

Last updated on: December 10, 2012 at 11:07 pm   By

Rome, Italy, Dec 10, 2012 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After spending ten years in a comatose state, a young Italian man named Maximiliano Tresoldi woke up on Christmas of 2000 to dry the tears of his mother, Lucrecia. In an interview with CNA, Lucr... Read more

2012-12-10T21:13:00+00:00

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Rome, Italy, Dec 10, 2012 / 02:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Our Lady of Guadalupe is the model for evangelization, especially in America, according to Carl Anderson, head of the Knights of Columbus. “She is the evangelist par excellence, in part be... Read more

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