…to Cardinal-elect Zen: China yesterday warned Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong, a leading critic of Beijing who was elevated to cardinal this week, not to mix religion with politics.     "We advocate that religious figures should not interfere with politics," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said.     "We hope that the Catholic…

Connecticut lawmakers at work: Some state lawmakers are on a collision course with Connecticut Roman Catholics over the so-called "morning after pill." The legislature’s Public Health Committee is drafting a bill that would require all Connecticut hospitals, including the four Roman Catholic hospitals in the state, to provide emergency contraception to rape victims.

Let’s pray not. Let’s pray that someone figures out what the cause in the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe is tied to: Halimi was kidnapped and held for three weeks while his captors, led by a Muslim immigrant from Ivory Coast, demanded a ransom from his family. He was found naked and covered with cigarette…

No, it’s someone else. The group includes 31 mostly young priests and seminarians from the faculty of theology and other faculties of the University of Athens. Most importantly, the visit is led by Bishop Agathangelos, director general of the “Apostoliki Diakonia” and representative of His Beatitude Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and of all Greece. The…

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