Catholic World News
Here we have listed in reverse chronological order all world news stories published on The Catholic Leader website.
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All have a missionary vocation: Pope
VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org): Benedict XVI says that every component of the Church should feel bound by Christ's mandate to preach the Gospel, so that He is proclaimed everywhere. (05/02/2012)
Contraceptive decision decried
ROME (Zenit.org): The federal government decision last week on insurance coverage for contraceptives in the United States has been widely condemned. (05/02/2012)
Destruction and demolition
(ACN): THE Punjab government in Pakistan stands accused of "brutal injustice" for sending bulldozers into a Church-owned site and demolishing homes for poor, elderly and homeless people, a school for poor girls and a church. (29/01/2012)
Cardinal demands equal treatment for Catholics
CATHOLICS in Bosnia-Herzegovina should be treated equally, according to Cardinal Vinko Puljic, archbishop of Sarajevo (29/01/2012)
Nigerian archbishop slams media reports of 'civil war'
ONE of Nigeria's leading bishops has condemned the media for portraying recent violence in the country as a civil war between Muslims and Christians. (22/01/2012)
Jesus is praying for each of us, Pope says
VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org): Benedict XVI says that Jesus' prayer at the Last Supper shows the Saviour's attentiveness to each one of his individual disciples. (22/01/2012)
Pope John Paul II tried to end Irish 1981 hunger strike
DUBLIN (CNS): Declassified British documents reveal the extent to which Pope John Paul II tried unsuccessfully to intervene to end a 1981 hunger strike by Catholic prisoners in a British jail in Northern Ireland. (15/01/2012)
Soviet-era Church laws still in place
UKRAINE (ACN News): "The old ways of thinking are returning," declared vice-rector for Foreign Relations at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv Dr Bohdan Prakh, who warned that the Ukraine was in danger of relapsing into an era considered long gone. (25/12/2011)
Trust in God's plan
VATICAN CITY (CNS): Prayer should not centre just on asking God to fulfil one's hopes and desires, but must include praise, thanks and trust in God's plan which may not match one's own, Pope Benedict XVI said. (25/12/2011)
Extremists' success in Egypt sparks fear
EGYPT (ACN News): Catholic leaders in Egypt have expressed alarm after Islamist groups achieved shock success in the first round of parliamentary elections, polling more than 65 per cent of the vote. (18/12/2011)
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