Notícias do ms December, 2008
Rick Warren selection for opening prayer causes a stir
19 December 2008
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Loading ...Washington DC, Dec 18, 2008 / 10:38 pm (CNA).- Pro-life Evangelical Pastor Rick Warren will give the invocation at the President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, it was reported on Wednesday. Negative reactions from homosexual activists prompted the president-elect to defend his selection. Some pro-life individuals have also criticized Rev. Warren’s cooperation with Obama, a staunch advocate [...]
Pro-life leaders ask for meeting with Obama
Washington DC, Dec 19, 2008 / 01:46 am (CNA).- Pro-life leaders are seeking a meeting with President-elect Obama to “establish a foundation” for cooperation in building a culture of life which “honors equality and human rights and ends abortion.” A December 17 letter seeking a meeting has been signed by Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director [...]
‘Prepare for more persecutions,’ Vietnamese priest warns Church
Hanoi, Dec 19, 2008 / 03:13 am (CNA).- Vietnam’s Redemptorist provincial superior is resisting calls from a Hanoi government official who is pushing for the Hanoi members of the Redemptorist order to be transfered out of the city. The priests have been critical of the trial of eight Catholic protesters recently found guilty by the [...]
South African cardinal calls for total isolation of ‘obstinate Pharaoh’ Mugabe
Johannesburg, Dec 19, 2008 / 06:12 am (CNA).- Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, OFM, speaking for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has called for relief for the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe and has asked that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe be isolated completely and deprived of support. Comparing Mugabe to an obstinate Pharaoh, the cardinal archbishop of [...]
Holy Father chooses themes for future World Youth Days
Vatican City, Dec 16, 2008 / 11:11 am (CNA).- To help prepare Catholics for the 2011 World Youth Day celebrations in Madrid, Spain, Pope Benedict has announced that its theme will be: “Rooted and Built Up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith” (cf Col 2:7). Additionally, the Holy Father also released the themes of [...]
‘New’ human rights at risk of becoming source of ‘self-serving ideologies,’ cautions archbishop
Vatican City, Dec 17, 2008 / 10:30 am (CNA).- Today an address by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi was published in which he discusses the risks involved while searching for ‘new’ human rights. The prelate affirms that “when a breach is caused between what is claimed and what is real through the search of so-called ‘new’ human [...]
Christmas is an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of our existence, recalls Pope
Vatican City, Dec 17, 2008 / 11:47 am (CNA).- At his weekly General Audience in the Paul VI Hall, Pope Benedict contemplated the fulfillment of the ancient prophecies in the coming of the Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary in the stable of Bethlehem and reminded his audience to contemplate the mercy of [...]
Excommunication of Fr. Bourgeois will ‘certainly take place,’ Vatican official says
Vatican City, Dec 17, 2008 / 09:36 pm (CNA).- A Vatican official has said that the excommunication of Fr. Ray Bourgeois, an American Maryknoll priest who advocates the ordination of women, will “certainly take place” unless the priest renounces his stand. In exclusive comments made to CNA, the official called Fr. Bourgeois’ November letter defending [...]
Minnesota Catholic Conference announces ‘Immigration Sunday’
Minneapolis, Dec 18, 2008 / 03:28 am (CNA).- The Minnesota Catholic Conference has announced that January 4 will be “Immigration Sunday” for Catholic parishes in the state as part of an effort to raise awareness about the hardships and injustices facing immigrants. The conference’s Tuesday announcement was timed to coincide with the two-year anniversary of [...]
Pope names Cañizares to succeed Arinze at the Vatican sacraments post
Vatican City, Dec 9, 2008 / 11:03 am (CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI announced on Tuesday that he has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Francis Arinze as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. He is being succeeded by Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera. Cardinal Arinze was appointed to head the [...]