en-us jgoss@blern.com (Blern Admin) jgoss@blern.com (Blern Admin) http://blern.com/ http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/images/logonewrss.gif http://blern.com/5nwP1 London, Jan 7, 2009 / 06:25 am ( CNA ).- A premature baby born in Britain 23 weeks into pregnancy has been allowed to return home six months after her birth, prompting her parents to question the British laws which permit unborn children like her to Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:32:52 -0500 http://blern.com/5nqe7 Madison, WI, Jan 7, 2009 / 03:55 am ( CNA ).- Newly publicized plans for the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics to perform second-trimester abortions in a jointly-operated clinic have attracted protest from employees of the clinic and the Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:51:54 -0500 http://blern.com/5niQ7 Washington DC, Jan 7, 2009 / 01:31 am ( CNA ).- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that the Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week from January 11 to January 17. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:03:51 -0500 http://blern.com/5nd59 New York, Jan 6, 2009 / 11:05 pm ( CNA ).- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has ordered the American Jesuit theologian Fr. Roger Haight to stop teaching and publishing on theological matters. The academic's work has been criticized for Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:27:14 -0500 http://blern.com/5nbh5 Vinh Long, Jan 6, 2009 / 10:14 pm ( CNA ).- A group of religious sisters who responded to an invitation to meet with the local Vietnamese government last month were very surprised and dismayed when the so-called meeting became a press conference Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:57:08 -0500 http://blern.com/5nVG4 Denver, Jan 6, 2009 / 06:39 pm ( CNA ).- CNA has started off the New Year with a list of new additions and improvements to our news service.  In addition to a new look, among the changes are a separate mobile-friendly site, an online Liturgical Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:32:32 -0500 http://blern.com/5nVG1 Rome, Jan 6, 2009 / 08:11 pm ( CNA ).- "Reason, Fiction and Faith" is the title of an International Symposium on the American Catholic author Flannery O'Connor that will take place in Rome April 20-22.  Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:32:28 -0500 http://blern.com/5nMq7 Madrid, Jan 6, 2009 / 03:11 pm ( CNA ).- The president of the Spanish Commission of Representatives of Handicapped Persons, Luis Cayo, has called for a reform of the law that legalizes abortion in cases of fetal deformation. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:48:37 -0500 http://blern.com/5nMq5 Rome, Jan 6, 2009 / 05:34 pm ( CNA ).- The president of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, Dr. Jose Maria Simon Castellvi, has outlined a series of scientific arguments that confirm the prophetic nature of Pope Paul VI's Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:48:32 -0500 http://blern.com/5nER4 Madrid, Jan 6, 2009 / 12:10 pm ( CNA ).- The Anti-AIDS Independent Committee in Spain has called for behavioral changes among homosexuals in order to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, as 2007 data confirms that the disease is more prevalent in the Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:29:14 -0500 http://blern.com/5n7q7 Vatican City, Jan 6, 2009 / 11:03 am ( CNA ).- During the Angelus on the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the children of the world, especially those who live in countries suffering from conflict or who are abused in Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:39:16 -0500 http://blern.com/5n647 Vatican City, Jan 6, 2009 / 10:35 am ( CNA ).- Following the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square today, Pope Benedict XVI called on Israelis and Palestinians to find a way to establish dialogue and bring an end to the military confrontation engulfing Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:00:08 -0500 http://blern.com/5muF3 San Francisco, Jan 6, 2009 / 05:49 am ( CNA ).- Opponents of Proposition 8 are suspected to have vandalized Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in San Francisco over the weekend, spray-painting on the church black swastikas and the words "Ratzinger" Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:22:20 -0500 http://blern.com/5mnJ8 Rome, Jan 6, 2009 / 02:05 am ( CNA ).- The latest reports coming out of the Gaza Strip indicate that medical personnel are having difficulty reaching the wounded and that the collapse of the medical system is imminent. Church officials are calling for Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:53:21 -0500 http://blern.com/5mhg6 Eaton, MA, Jan 5, 2009 / 11:45 pm ( CNA ).- Celebrations are being held to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Servant of God Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC, the "Rosary priest" who popularized the phrase "The family that prays together, stays Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:04:36 -0500 http://blern.com/5mcY9 Washington DC, Jan 5, 2009 / 09:10 pm ( CNA ).- A national survey commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) reports that about half of U.S. adults support significant restrictions on abortion, while a supermajority supports Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:58:21 -0500 http://blern.com/5mUX5 Vatican City, Jan 5, 2009 / 06:02 pm ( CNA ).- Over the weekend Pope Benedict XVI made a number of appointments for North America, including selecting Bishop Allen Vigneron from the Diocese of Oakland to fill the important Archdiocese of Detroit. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:56:18 -0500 http://blern.com/5mSt2 Anchorage, Jan 5, 2009 / 05:47 pm ( CNA ).- Nearly 230 years ago, three Roman Catholic priests sailed from Mexico to Alaska where they would celebrate the first Catholic Mass in the state and bring the Body and Blood of Christ to the Last Frontier. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:18:28 -0500 http://blern.com/5jIF8 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:53:10 -0500 http://blern.com/5f1q1 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:41:50 -0500 http://blern.com/5c253 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:33:09 -0500 http://blern.com/5bzT2 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:02:31 -0500 http://blern.com/5bpZ8 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:58:30 -0500 http://blern.com/5bXk3 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:08:21 -0500 http://blern.com/5bNW4 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:41:33 -0500