Catholic World News

Headlines for September 07, 2010

• September 07, 2010 4:13 PM Italian journalist predicts consistory, new cardinals, in November

  An Italian journalist covering the Vatican has reported that Pope Benedict XVI will call a consistory for November of this year to raise new members to the College of Cardinals. Marco Tosatti of

• September 07, 2010 5:10 AM Electro-pop youth anthem to be performed during papal visit

  “Heart’s Cry,” an electro-pop youth anthem by the British band Ooberfüse, will be performed during Pope Benedict’s upcoming apostolic visit to the United Kingdom. The anthem, which premiers

• September 07, 2010 5:07 AM Russia’s Catholic bishops ‘interested in strong Orthodoxy’

  Cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church is necessary for the growth of Catholicism in Russia, according to the secretary general of the Conference of Russian Catholic Bishops. “The Catholic

• September 07, 2010 5:11 AM Terrorists taking advantage of Pakistani flooding, says priest

  Following the third terrorist attack in recent days, the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Pakistan warned that terrorists are taking advantage of the worst flooding in the

• September 07, 2010 5:09 AM Cardinal to Asian laity: Don’t compromise with secularism

  As the first Congress of Asian Catholic Laity concluded in Seoul on September 5, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity urged participants not to compromise with secularism.

• September 07, 2010 5:13 AM Wisconsin men’s group spreading nationwide, emphasizes restoration of the sacred

  The National Catholic Register has profiled the Knights of Mercy, a Wisconsin men’s apostolate founded by Father Rick Heilman in 2006. The organization has grown to 300 members and will soon spread

• September 07, 2010 5:12 AM New Zealand bishop opposes Easter shopping

  A New Zealand bishop is opposing legislation that would permit shopping on Easter Sunday. Similar bills have been defeated repeatedly in recent years. “We support the bishop of Dunedin Diocese,

• September 07, 2010 11:35 AM Vatican Radio broadcasts concert from papal summer residence

  The Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto and the Accademia della Voce of Turin are joining in a September 7 performance of Mozart's Requiem at the apostolic palace in Castel Gandolfo. The

• September 07, 2010 5:14 AM Priest who lost 6 siblings to educate the poorest in Nigeria

  The Grand Forks Herald has profiled a Nigerian priest who, with the approval of his bishop, is earning a doctorate in North Dakota in the hopes of founding a school and starting a literacy program