News Bites

1. THE LORD'S MERCY IS EVEN GREATER THAN HIS WORKS
   


2. OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
   


3. RAPING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: COLORADO JUMPS ON THE BANDWAGON
   


4. Pope’s February prayer intentions call for end to human trafficking, increased social involvement for lay Catholics
   


5. U.S. President Includes Pro-Life and Pro-Family Remarks in State of the Union Address
   


6. Men and women: love and peace, not war
   


7. Lebanon’s Bishops : national harmony and punish those responsible for Hariri’s death
   


8. Survival in the forgotten corners of Beijing
   


9. Holy Land Patriarchs ask Hamas for peace and religious freedom
   


10. Bishops of the Philippines: the current mining system “destroys life
    


11. Parliament discusses Aceh rebels’ entry into politics
    


12. Authorities ready for talks in Taishi over corruption
    


13. Three Christian teachers accused of proselytism in Indonesia to stay in prison
    


14. Father Gheddo’s parents on their way to beatification
    


15. Ahmadinejad says Iran to go ahead with nuclear programme, Bush says world won’t allow it
    


16. The encyclical “comforts the Korean Church, forced into silence in the North”
    


17. Kingdom of God not founded on dominion, oppression, but mercy, tenderness and justice
    


18. Catholic bishops urge ‘Holly’s Law’ support
    


19. Pope offers magazine commentary on his own encyclical
    


20. Catholicism ‘radically creationist,’ Intelligent Design belittling of God, Vatican Observatory director says
    


21. Cardinal Newman Society Campaign Against Offensive “Monologues” Achieves Results
    


22. Abortion Pill RU486 Banned in Italy
    


23. Saint Pius X Fraternity seeks to regularize its canonical status and outlines detailed plan
    


24. More on Flavigny
    


25. God Is Tender, Says Benedict XVI - Comments on Psalm 144(145) at General Audience
    


26. Pope Hears Support for Beatification of Mafia Victim - Palermo Prelate Extols Example of Father Giuseppe Puglisi
    


27. Pontiff Praises St. John Bosco as "Teacher of Life"
    


28. Christian Leaders Present a Message of Peace to Hamas - Officials in Jerusalem Turn to the Beatitudes
    


29. Dates Set for Pope's Trip to Poland
    


30. Spate of Crime Hits Glasgow Churches - Archbishop Concerned After Attacks on Clergy
    


31. Kirkuk Bishop Sees "a Church of Martyrs"
    


32. Prelates Elect a Defender of Human Rights
    


33. Nuncio in Iraq: The Situation Is Insecure - Interview With Archbishop Fernando Filoni
    


34. Commentary on Psalm 144(145) - "The Lord … Concerned About All His Creatures"
    


35. Soft Drugs, False Message - Interview With Dr. M. Del Poggetto, a Specialist in Psychiatry