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Agency accused of human trafficking

A purported staffing agency is accused of luring 400 people from Thailand with promises of well-paying jobs - and ...

03 Sep 10, 01:09:59

Dr. Patrick Lee: 'A Catholic Speaks at the Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally'

'We must not place choice and autonomy above God-given unalienable rights. The culture that emphasizes ...

02 Sep 10, 07:09:47

Gunman shot dead in standoff at Discovery Channel

A tense standoff with a gunman holding hostages inside the Discovery Channel's headquarters in Silver ...

01 Sep 10, 06:09:10

North Carolina, Virginia batten down for hurricane

The coastal regions of North Carolina and Virginia are battening down the hatches for Hurricane Earl, a Category 3 ...

01 Sep 10, 02:09:45

Homosexual couples can't get divorced in Texas

One of the stipulations that homosexual marriage brings is the prospect of homosexual divorce. Two men who legally ...

01 Sep 10, 12:09:56

President says it's time to 'turn the page' in Iraq

U.S. President Barack Obama says that it's "time to turn the page" in Iraq. The ...

01 Sep 10, 11:09:39

Poverty programs serve one in six Americans

Poverty programs intended to help Americans make ends meet is now addressing the needs of one in six Americans. In ...

31 Aug 10, 12:08:54

CNA Daily News

CNA Daily News

ACI Prensa's latest initiative is the Catholic News Agency (CNA), aimed at serving the English-speaking Catholic audience. ACI Prensa (www.aciprensa.com) is currently the largest provider of Catholic news in Spanish and Portuguese.

Hawking's new book does not dismiss the real God from creation, Jesuit scholars say

Rome, Italy, Sep 3, 2010 / 04:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Dr. Stephen Hawking's new book, "The Grand Design," makes the bold claim that the universe "created itself from nothing" based on physical laws such as gravity, making God unnecessary for a self-created and self-unfolding model of the universe. However, two Catholic scholars trained in physics say his remarks misconstrue the real relationship between God and creation.

03 Sep 10, 05:09:00

Sistine Chapel has too many visitors, warns Vatican Museums director

Vatican City, Sep 3, 2010 / 03:17 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Twenty thousand visitors a day are taking their toll on Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel masterpieces. At the conclusion of a summer project to remove four years of dust from the Sistine Chapel's famed walls and ceiling, the director of the Vatican Museums cautioned that "excessive" traffic without sufficient counter-measures spells bad news for future viewers.

03 Sep 10, 04:09:00

Founder of Catholic reproductive health institute reflects on answering call of 'Humane Vitae'

Omaha, Neb., Sep 3, 2010 / 02:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic medical professionals, clergy and lay people from across the United States and around the world are gathering this weekend to honor the legacy of the papal encyclical "Humane Vitae" and commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction based in Omaha, Nebraska.

03 Sep 10, 03:09:00

Rhode Island parish prepares for Hurricane Earl

New Shoreham, R.I., Sep 3, 2010 / 11:54 am (CNA).- Despite Hurricane Earl's projected path, which could see the Category 3 storm lashing some parts of the Rhode Island coast with tropical storm force winds by late Friday, Fr. Joseph Protano Jr. is undeterred in his mission as the pastor of the only Catholic Church on Block Island.

03 Sep 10, 12:09:00

Catholic elementary school makes run at $500,000 prize

Lee's Summit, Mo., Sep 3, 2010 / 11:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Our Lady of the Presentation Catholic School, a 480 student elementary school in Missouri is competing for half a million dollars in a Kohl's department store online contest that ends Friday night. Though they still hope to be among the winning schools, they can already see the positive effects the contest has had on the community.

03 Sep 10, 12:09:00

Bishop Olmsted says 'divisive' attempted ordination of woman harms Church

Phoenix, Ariz., Sep 3, 2010 / 05:54 am (CNA).- The Catholic Bishop of Phoenix responded Wednesday to a priest's reported participation in an attempted priestly ordination of a woman. Urging prayers for all involved, he said such actions are "divisive" and have "profoundly harmful consequences."

03 Sep 10, 06:09:00

Full recovery expected for Ambassador Kmiec

Malibu, Calif., Sep 3, 2010 / 02:40 am (CNA).- Reports from Malibu, California indicated on Wednesday that the U.S. Ambassador to Malta, Douglas Kmiec, was expected to make a full recovery from what are now described as "moderate" injuries from an August 25 car accident. Sister Mary Campbell was killed in the accident, which also seriously injured Monsignor John Sheridan.

03 Sep 10, 03:09:00

Pro-life leader criticizes professor's support for coercive sterilization

Front Royal, Va., Sep 3, 2010 / 01:18 am (CNA).- A British professor's call to sterilize by force members of society who would be "inadequate parents" prompted criticism from the interim head of Human Life International (HLI), who warned that the view is more mainstream among academics and derives from a society where life is controlled "at our whim."

03 Sep 10, 02:09:00

Spanish officials thank Catholic Church for 'important role' in release of Cuban prisoners

Havana, Cuba, Sep 2, 2010 / 10:04 pm (CNA/Europa Press).- During a visit to Cuba, two officials from Spain's Socialist Party expressed gratitude to the Catholic Church for its "important role" in securing the release of several political prisoners.

02 Sep 10, 11:09:00

Italian doctor condemns culture that fears children

Vatican City, Sep 2, 2010 / 09:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- According to an Italian neonatal doctor, "pedophobia"—the fear of children—is an obstacle to the realization of the full rights of children today. In an article published in L'Osservatore Romano to mark the 20th anniversary of a U.N. convention for children's rights, he made a case for making children, born and unborn, more accepted in society.

02 Sep 10, 10:09:00

CNA - Saint of the Day

CNA - Saint of the Day

St. Gregory the Great

"If we knew at what time we were to depart from this world, we would be able to select a season for pleasure and another for repentance. But God, who has promised pardon to every repentant sinner, has not promised us tomorrow. Therefore we must always dread the final day, which we can never foresee. This very day is a day of truce, a day for conversion." - St. Gregory the Great Gregory was born in Rome around 540, into the family of a wealthy Roman Senator who converted and became one of the seven deacons of Rome. Gregory, who was known for his intelligence and capacity for work, was appointed Prefect of Rome by the emperor at the very young age of 34. However, a year later, on the death of his father, Gregory became a Benedictine monk, and founded seven monasteries, one in his own home in Rome.His monastic life was interrupted, much to his regret, in 590 when he was elected Pope by all the clergy and faithful of Rome and carried to his consecration at St. Peter's on September 3.His achievements in his 14 years as Pope are almost astounding. His biographer, Paul the Deacon, explaining his phenomenal work output, said that he never rested. All the more remarkable when one considers that he was always in ill health, physical suffering being a constant companion throughout his entire reign as pope.He introduced liturgical reforms and brought chant into the Church, now known as Gregorian chant, after him. He sent Saint Augustine of Canterbury and a company of monks to evangelize England, and wrote many works on faith and moral subjects.Saint Gregory's influence on the future shape of Catholicism should never be underestimated. His reforms and organization of the Church's relationships with the temporal order set the tone for succeeding centuries.Most significantly, he became the model of the medieval Pope. With regard to things spiritual, he impressed upon men's minds, to a degree unprecedented, the fact that the See of Peter was the one, supreme, decisive authority in the Catholic Church.He is one of the four great Latin doctors of the Church, one of only two Popes to be called 'great' (the other being Pope Saint Leo the Great) and the patron saint of music. Pope Saint Gregory the Great once said, "The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist." Saint Gregory died on March 12, 604.

03 Sep 10, 01:09:00