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Vatican today — February 3, 2012
Vatican today — February 2, 2012
•The History of the Universe from Atoms to Galaxies
• Audiences
• Other Pontifical Acts
Sole-ful donations for Haitians
Claire Frances Baker, a ninth-grader at Totino-Grace High School in Fridley, has been collecting shoes for an orphanage in Haiti since an earthquake hit there in 2010.
Archbishop Nienstedt criticizes HHS decision
Archbishop John Nienstedt is among those criticizing the Jan. 20 announcement by the federal Department of Health and Human Services that religious organizations could delay but not opt out of a requirement that all health plans cover contraception and sterilization at no cost.
St. Vincent de Paul thrift store welcoming assistance following robbery
Thieves stole nearly $1,000 from the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s south Minneapolis thrift store early on Jan. 30 after making a large hole through one of the store’s outer brick walls.
Archdiocese reports financial support for marriage amendment
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis provided $650,000 in 2011 to the Minnesota Catholic Conference for that organization’s activities in support of a constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
February 1, 2012
• We Must Learn to Have Greater Trust in Divine Providence
• Telegram for the Death of Cardinal Bevilacqua
Haitian quake survivors leaving camps for a place they can call home
It took almost two years, but Haitian earthquake survivor Sonya Mallebranche has a place she can call home again.
Need help talking to your children about sex?
Two moms create program that makes the job easy to manage
Bishops, religious to attend major conference on preventing abuse
Representatives of most of the world’s bishops’ conferences and 30 religious orders will meet in Rome in early February to launch a global initiative aimed at improving efforts to stop clerical sexual abuse and better protect children and vulnerable adults.
Bishops plan to use London Olympics to renew interest in Catholic faith
British bishops plan to use the 2012 London Olympic Games to renew interest in the Catholic faith
Vatican today — January 31, 2012
• Blessed Hildegard Burjan: Mother and Politician
• Communique Concerning Article in “Corriere della Sera”
• Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for February
• Other Pontifical Acts
Vatican today — January 28-30, 2012
• In the Logic of God Authority Means Service, Not Power
• Holy See Delegation Meets with the PLO
• Telegram for Death of Former Italian President Scalfaro
• Meeting of Heads of Dicastery of Roman Curia
• Audiences
School choice supporters rally at State Capitol
Students from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis and St. Agnes School in St. Paul were among those who testified Jan. 26 to the value of a private school education and the need to make it accessible to more students.
HHS move amounts to ‘to hell with you,’ bishop says as protests mount
A week after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told individuals and institutions who oppose contraception “to hell with you,” as one bishop put it, members of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy were mobilizing their followers to fight.
Vatican today — January 27, 2012
• The Renewal of Faith Must Be a Priority for Church Today
• Message for World Leprosy Day
• Meeting of the Holy See – Israel Working Commission
• Audiences
• Other Pontifical Acts
Vatican today — January 26, 2012
• Positive Signs of Fraternity on Ecumenical Journey
• Priests Should Promote Sanctity with Their Own Lives
• Holy See Signs UN Conventions against International Crime
• Press Note on Italian Television Programme
• Celebrations to Be Presided by the Pope: February-April
• Audiences
Minnesota court ruling allows same-sex marriage lawsuit to proceed
A lawsuit by three same-sex couples seeking to invalidate Minnesota’s definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman was sent back to Hennepin County District Court after the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 23 that the lower court improperly dismissed the case.
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