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MOSUL, Iraq, November 29, 2009--An attack on a Catholic Church in Mosul have Christians throughout Iraq worried for their safety, says the Catholic archbishop of Mosul of the Chaldeans.

Archbishop Emil Shimoun Nona said this to the Italian bishops' SIR news agency after a bomb destroyed the Catholic Church of St. Ephrem and damaged the motherhouse of the Dominican sisters of St. Catherine last Thursday. There were no reports of deaths or injuries.read more »

Washington D.C., November 29, 2009--The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has created an Advent and Christmas website with suggestions for daily prayers, readings, reflection and action. A collection of Lessons and Carols is also provided for live listening or download.read more »

MANILA, November 28, 2009—The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) and Rotary Philippines have joined forces for the coming national and local elections on May 10, 2010.

Early yesterday, the two institutions signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati for a clean “May 2010 Synchronized National and Local elections.”

PPCRV is the accredited citizens’ arm of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which is tasked to monitor the process of the elections and educate voters.read more »

ROME, Nov. 25, 2009-- A researcher in the Vatican secret archives claims to have interpreted a death certificate supposedly imprinted on the Shroud of Turin. However, a leading scientist and researcher on the Shroud cautions against reading too much into the images.read more »

WASHINGTON D.C., November 24, 2009--In a teleconference Monday afternoon, representatives of the USCCB reiterated that the current Senate health care bill needs "substantial improvement" before it can be considered anything but morally unacceptable for Catholics.read more »

ANTIGONISH, Canada, November 23, 2009--Benedict XVI named Auxiliary Bishop Brian Dunn of Sault Ste-Marie in Ontario, as the new bishop of Antigonish in Nova Scotia.

Bishop Dunn succeeds Bishop Raymond Lahey, 69, who retired in September.

Brian Dunn was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1955 and ordained to the priesthood in 1980.

He has a doctorate from St. Paul University in Ottowa, and from 2005-2008 served as the Dean of Studies at St. Peter's Seminary in London, Ontario.

In 2008, Bishop Dunn was named auxiliary bishop of Sault Ste-Marie.read more »

VATICAN, Nov. 23, 2009-- Benedict XVI called for peace and interreligious dialogue in the Middle East upon receiving in audience today the prime minister of Kuwait.

A Vatican communiqué confirmed that the Pope and Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah held "cordial discussions," and that they spoke of the 40-year history of "excellent bilateral relations" between the Holy See and Kuwait.read more »

SYDNEY, Australia, November 23, 2009--The Australian bishops' conference is re-releasing a pastoral letter highlighting the benefit of natural fertility methods for married couples.

The letter, titled "God's Gift of Life and Love," was first published in 1995 by the conference's Committee for the Family and for Life.

Last year, the bishops' Commission for Pastoral Life decided to mark the 40th anniversary of "Humane Vitae" by embarking on a project to update the pastoral letter with a new format. The letter was just re-released, a conference communiqué announced today.read more »