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Apostolic visitation of US nuns is making waves

Jul 2 2009 (CWN) - A front-page New York Times story on the Vatican's concern about women's religious orders in the US offers a strong indication that the apostolic ...

Vietnam: Redemptorist priest facing arrest for 'counter-revolutionary' activities

Jul 1 2009 (CWN) - Reports in Vietnam's state-controlled media claim that government authorities now have enough evidence to arrest a Redemptorist priest on charges of counter-revolutionary activity and damaging national unity. On Tuesday, June 30, the People's ...

US Catholic hierarchy shows support for legislation requiring massive tax hike

Jun 26 2009 (CWN) - The US bishops have given their enthusiastic support to the Waxman-Markey bill, a piece of legislation designed to address climate change, which Republican opponents have characterized as entailing "the largest tax increase in American ...

ADL injects new tension in Catholic-Jewish dialogue

Jun 24 2009 (CWN) - In the latest show of tensions between Catholic and Jewish leaders, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has issued a critical statement about a

Imitate Padre Pio, in devotion and service, Pope urges faithful

Jun 22 2009 (CWN) - Pope Benedict XVI held up Padre Pio as a model for all Christians but especially for priests-- for his loving care for those in need, but even more for his deep devotion and prayer-- during a tightly scheduled one-day visit to San Giovanni Rotondo ...

The Year for Priests explained: a quest for pastoral zeal

Jun 18 2009 (CWN) - The fundamental reason for a special Year for Priests is " to deepen the commitment of all priests to interior renewal," Pope Benedict XVI explains in a letter to the world's priests that he released on June 18, on the eve of the ceremony that will ...

The case for canonical discipline of Archbishop Weakland

Jun 17 2009 (CWN) - In a strongly worded editorial that appears in the July edition of Catholic World ...

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News Briefs

Five prelates to begin probe of Legionaries in July

7/2 An apostolic visitation of the Legionaries of Christ will begin August 15, with five bishops conducting inquiries in different ...

Curator says Vatican secret archives vindicate Pius XII

7/2 The opening of the secret Vatican archives from the period of World War II will give a major boost to the reputation of Pope Pius XII, ...

Orthodox Jews air concerns about bishops' note on Jews and New Covenant

7/2 Representatives of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and the Rabbinical Council of America met on June 25 with ...

Step forward toward beatification of John Paul II?

7/2 The cause for beatification of Pope John Paul II has moved a step forward, according to a report by Andrea Tornielli of the Italian daily ...

India's bishops decry court decision to decriminalize gay sex

7/2 Catholic Church leaders in India have reacted strongly against a ruling by the Delhi high court that struck down laws against homosexual ...

37 senators urge Vietnam to release jailed priest

7/2 A group of US senators, led by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), urged Vietnam to release a Vietnamese priest who ...

India: Church encourages larger families, reversals of sterlization

7/2 The bishops of Kerala are encouraging the faithful to have larger families and to have sterilizations reversed by driving down the cost of ...

Muslim rioters attack Christian homes in Pakistan

7/2 Mob violence has struck Christians in a village of Punjab, after a Muslim cleric charged that Christians had violated Pakistan's blasphemy ...

1,000 priests threatened by Mexican drug gangs

7/2 The Mexican bishops’ conference has stated that 1,000 of the nation’s priests face “constant threats” from drug gangs, according to a ...

ACLU helps Louisiana death row inmate gain access to TV Mass

7/2 Backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, a Louisiana death-row inmate has won a settlement that will permit him to watch televised ...

British doctors warned against religious conversations with patients

7/2 The British Medical Association has turned down a bit to allow doctors to discuss religious matters with their patients. The topic arose ...

GE to phase out lab rats, use embryonic stem cells for testing instead

7/2 General Electric has announced plans to phase out the use of laboratory rats in the testing of drug safety, and use embryonic stem cells ...

Major vandalism at Pittsburgh's largest Catholic cemetery

7/2 The worst vandalism in the history of Pittsburgh’s Catholic Cemeteries Association was discovered the morning of July 1 at Hazelwood’s ...

New encyclical to appear July 7

7/1 The Vatican has announced a publication date for Caritatis in Veritate, the long-awaited social encylical by Pope Benedict XVI. The ...

Connecticut drops lobbying complaint against Bridgeport diocese

7/1 The attorney general of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, has instructed a state ethics panel to drop an investigation of the Bridgeport ...

Pope opens new series of talks on St. John Vianney and priestly ministry

7/1 For the second consecutive week, Pope Benedict XVI devoted his general audience on July 1 to a discussion of the Year for Priests. The ...

Uruguay: bishop resigns after charges of homosexuality

7/1 The Vatican has announced the resignation of Bishop Francisco Barbosa da Silveira of Minas, Uruguay, who had been denounced by clergy of ...

Indian bishops at odds over decriminalization of homosexual acts

7/1 A spokesman for the Church in Kerala-- the southwestern Indian state that has been the nation’s Catholic stronghold since its ...

Brazilian archbishop at center of abortion dispute steps down at age 76

7/1 The Brazilian archbishop at the center of a heated international controversy over an abortion procured for a 9-year-old girl has resigned ...

News site decries Canadian bishops’ ‘whitewash’ of agency’s support of pro-abortion groups

7/1 LifeSiteNews has responded to a recent report by two Canadian bishops on the funding of pro-abortion organizations by the nation’s ...

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