News Bites

Of the Pope and the Vatican

1. Pope will preside at Ash Wednesday Mass, procession; act will renew ancient tradition
   


2. Vatican official call on Muslims to stop violence against Christians
   


3. To Bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Be Peacemakers
   


4. Ash Wednesday: Pope to Preside at Mass in Santa Sabina
   


5. Congress of the Academy for Life on the Human Embryo
   


6. Audiences
   

ProLife

1. Stop the Harm to Women
   


2. Colombian bishop: Church leaders have right to encourage pro-life voting
   


3. Who decides nature of human embryos? Vatican conference to explore scientific, ethical issues
   


4. Gay marriage poses risk to children, warn experts at Catholic university seminar
   

Church Related

1. The Catholic Engine of Western Progress
   


2. Thousands of young people participate in family catechetical congress
   


3. Sister awarded Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Award
   


4. March calendar calls for prayer, almsgiving
   

Bigotry

1. Christian Singer beaten in Islam conversion attempt
   


2. Pakistani Prime Minister promises to protect religious minorities
   


3. Libyan protesters burn Catholic church, convent
   

Other News Bites

1. The symbols of the Gospel Writers
   


2. Media without Restraint
   


3. Don't make us scapegoats for Western mistakes, says Pakistani Christian leaders
   


4. Relics of St. Francis Xavier to be brought to Navarre
   


5. US Vocations crisis influenced by culture, family collapse, materialism