By Sandro Magister WASHINGTON — On the second day of the visit to America of Benedict XVI, public attention reached a peak with the meeting between the pope and president George W. Bush, at the White House. But for the Catholic Church in the United States, the truly significant moment came that evening, in the…
AIDS in Africa: An Interview With Expert Matthew Hanley By Carrie Gress In the fight against AIDS, abstinence-based programs that focus on changing behaviors rather than handing out condoms simply work better, says an AIDS expert. Matthew Hanley has been a HIV/AIDS technical adviser at Catholic Relief Services (CRS) for the last seven years and…
NEW YORK (zenit.org) — Though not a single U.N. human rights treaty mentions abortion, treaty bodies have pressured 93 nations 122 times to legalize abortion in the last decade, says the executive vice president of a lobbying group. “Though not a single U.N. human rights treaty mentions abortion, treaty bodies have pressured 93 nations 122…
An Interview With Kevin Burke of Rachel’s Vineyard KING of PRUSSIA, Pa. (zenit.org) — One man’s sharing gives other men permission to examine their own role in abortion and the impact it has had on their lives, said counselor Kevin Burke. Burke, the associate director of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries, and pastoral associate at Priests For…