Christians conducted a vigil service in Bhopal, India, to remember victims and survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide chemical disaster.
“It is inconceivable that with more than 100 world leaders gathered together in one room…they have failed to commit themselves to adequate and binding obligations,” said the secretary general of Cidse.
The Senate bill “should not move forward in its current form,” the heads of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said on Dec. 19.
Pope Benedict XVI advanced the sainthood causes of Pope John Paul II and Pope Pius XII, declaring that both had lived lives of “heroic virtues.”
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, the chair of the committee, called for the development of “specific criteria” for troop withdrawal.
“The U.S. is not becoming less Catholic because the Roman Catholic Church is becoming more Hispanic,” said Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J., at a Fordham University forum on “Being Latino.”
This year’s Vatican Christmas tree is from the Wallonia region of Belgium.
U.S. bishops plan to launch a postcard campaign in 2010 to urge Congress to make comprehensive immigration reform its next priority.
Cardinal Cahal Daly was remembered for his “sustained efforts in the promotion of justice and peace in Northern Ireland.”
Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P., served as theological adviser to the Dutch bishops during the Second Vatican Council and was seen as the main inspiration behind the Dutch catechism for adults.
