In a stunning reversal of a lower court ruling, the "Grande Chambre" of the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Friday that crucifixes in public school classrooms in Italy do not violate a student's freedom of conscience.
Father John Corapi is asking for prayer after being put on administrative leave after a former female employee filed a three-page letter to several bishops falsely accusing him of "everything from drug addition to multiple sexual exploits" with her and several other women.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington DC is warning Catholics to stay away from a new booklet produced by the controversial New Ways Ministry which advocates "marriage equality" for same-sex couples because it is not based on Church teaching.
The church approved apparition site of Our Lady of Akita, in which Our Lady predicted a number of calamities even worse than the March 11 quake that destroyed parts of Japan, was spared major damage in spite of being located in one of the hardest hit areas of the country.
Mother Mary Clare Millea, ASCJ, Apostolic Visitator for Institutes of Women Religious in the United States, held a concluding workshop last week for the religious who assisted with on-site visits to congregations of women religious, signaling the end of the years-long visitation.
Catholics around the world will be receiving their ashes tomorrow to mark the start of the Lenten season, and a UK bishop is asking all to refrain from rubbing off their ashes so that they can "take the sign of the cross" to all those they will meet during the course of the day.
Church authorities are expressing shock and sadness over the killing of Shabhaz Bhatti, Pakistan's lone minister for minorities, who was gunned down in a hail of bullets as he left his mother's home in Islamabad yesterday morning.
Italian police have arrested six Moroccan men suspected of plotting to stir up hatred against the Pope for baptizing a Muslim journalist several years ago.
Norma Jean Coon, who believed herself to have been ordained to the diaconate in 2007 has had a change of heart and has publicly posted a document of renunciation.
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