The embargo “undeniably has a negative influence on the life of the people,” Archbishop Celli told Vatican Radio Nov. 13.

The Nov. 7 House vote was a victory for the national and Catholic pro-life community, though less of an achievement than pro-choice advocates are suggesting.

The bishop who heads the Military Diocese of Great Britain has urged the British government to use diplomacy to bring an end to the 8-year-old conflict

The CDF is stressing that the Vatican overture was not an initiative of the Holy See but a response to requests from Anglicans who have broken with their church.

An American deacon described at a press conference in London how he was suddenly cured from a severe spinal condition after praying to Cardinal John Henry Newman.

“We are all aware of the special anxieties which surround our women religious these days," Cardinal Roger M. Mahony wrote.