“Benjamin Button” pro-life and pro-death, but in a good way?
by Patricia Zapor7 Jan 2009 at 10:49am
I’ve been catching up on movies lately. Mostly I’ve been renting films that I missed last year (”The Visitor,” “Dark Knight,” “In the Valley of Elah” — all definitely worth the rental, though a bit depressing to watch in close sequence). In theaters, I appreciated “Frost/Nixon” for the entertaini...
Order of Canada medal: high honor that not all accept
by Patricia Zapor7 Jan 2009 at 10:32am
Two Canadian nuns who work in health care and the pro-life founder of Canada’s Reform Party were among people honored last month with the Order of Canada medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The Western Catholic Reporter in Edmonton, Alberta, has the story reporting that the two nuns accep...
Pope: St. Paul teaches us that 'spiritual worship' involves reconciliation wi...
7 Jan 2009 at 6:51amVatican City, Jan 7, 2009 / 11:51 am (CNA).- Despite coping with a cold, Pope Benedict XVI pressed ahead with his series of audiences on St. Paul's teachings, this time focusing on his understanding of worship in Christ. This "spiritual worship" involves the world being reunited to God through Je...
Italian archdiocese encourages support for priests in Iraq
7 Jan 2009 at 5:47amTurin, Jan 7, 2009 / 10:47 am (CNA).- The Pastoral Office for Migrants of the Archdiocese of Turin said this week that the five-year long campaign called, "I have a new friend, an Iraqi Chaldean priest," has been a success, and it encouraged the faithful to continue supporting the Christian commu...
Survival of premature baby of 23 weeks calls UK abortion laws into question
7 Jan 2009 at 1:25amLondon, Jan 7, 2009 / 06:25 am (CNA).- A premature baby born in Britain 23 weeks into pregnancy has been allowed to return home six months after her birth, prompting her parents to question the British laws which permit unborn children like her to be aborted.
St. Raymond of Penyafort
7 Jan 2009 at 12:00amPatron saint of canon lawyers, Raymond (Raimundo) was born in 1180 in Catalonia, a region in Northern Spain, to a noble family related to the kings of Aragon. He was educated in Barcelona and later in Bologna (Italy), where he received doctorates in civil and canon law.St. Raymond joined the Domi...
'Secret' University of Wisconsin plans for mid-term abortion clinic revealed
6 Jan 2009 at 10:55pmMadison, WI, Jan 7, 2009 / 03:55 am (CNA).- Newly publicized plans for the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics to perform second-trimester abortions in a jointly-operated clinic have attracted protest from employees of the clinic and the Alliance Defense Fund.
U.S. Church to mark National Vocation Awareness Week
6 Jan 2009 at 8:31pmWashington DC, Jan 7, 2009 / 01:31 am (CNA).- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that the Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week from January 11 to January 17.
Vatican congregation orders Jesuit theologian to stop teaching and publishing
6 Jan 2009 at 6:05pmNew York, Jan 6, 2009 / 11:05 pm (CNA).- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has ordered the American Jesuit theologian Fr. Roger Haight to stop teaching and publishing on theological matters. The academic's work has been criticized for undermining Catholic teaching on the divinity of ...
Vietnamese government confiscates convent in 'cheap trick'
6 Jan 2009 at 5:14pmVinh Long, Jan 6, 2009 / 10:14 pm (CNA).- A group of religious sisters who responded to an invitation to meet with the local Vietnamese government last month were very surprised and dismayed when the so-called meeting became a press conference announcing that the government would seize their mona...
WYD Sydney continues to resonate
Nearly six months after Sydney's World Youth Day, pilgrims from Baltimore, USA, are still inspired by an experience in which they felt "the Spirit move".Change the system: Pope Benedict
Pope Benedict has called for a "deep revision" of the world's "dominant development model", saying "the state of the planet's environment and above all the cultural and moral crisis" are even more urgent than the financial crisis.
