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News Features for October 01, 2009

• October 01, 2009 Cyprus: setting for an ecumenical summit?

  Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Cyprus in June 2010. That announcement, made by Cypriot government officials on October 1, has triggered speculation about the possibility that a much more important

Headlines for October 01, 2009

• October 01, 2009 Canadian bishop charged with possession of child pornography; whereabouts unknown

  Bishop Raymond Lahey of Antigonish, who resigned last week after he agreed to a $13-million diocesan abuse settlement, is wanted on child pornography charges. Police report that they discovered

• October 01, 2009 US bishops reiterate health-care priorities, criticize Senate Finance Committee plan

  In a joint letter to United States senators, three bishops who chair committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have outlined three priorities for health-care legislation and

• October 01, 2009 Pro-life legislators ask Speaker Pelosi to schedule vote on abortion funding

  A group of 183 members of the US House of Representatives have written to the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, calling for a vote on an amendment that would bar abortion funding in the

• October 01, 2009 Pope prepares to leave summer residence

  On October 1, Pope Benedict XVI gave his thanks to religious and civil leaders of Castel Gandolfo for their help and hospitality during his summer stay there, as he prepared to return to the

• October 01, 2009 Pope to visit Cyprus

  The government of Cyprus has announced that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the island nation in June 2010. President Demetris Christofias issued an invitation to the Pontiff during his own March visit

• October 01, 2009 Pope prods Pakistani leader on security for Christian minority

  Pope Benedict XVI met on October 1 with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari. The meeting took place at a time when members of Pakistan's Christian minority are protesting the lack of government

• October 01, 2009 Cardinal rips environmentalist advocates of population control, says small families are bankrupting Social Security

  In a wide-ranging statement for Respect Life Sunday-- which the US hierarchy commemorates on the first Sunday of every October-- Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the United States Conference of

• October 01, 2009 Spokesman for Brazilian bishops' conference backs pro-abortion judicial nominee

  A spokesman for the Brazilian bishops' conference gave his backing to the nomination of a Catholic who favors legal abortion to the country's highest court. José Antonio Dias Toffoli, who had been

• October 01, 2009 US bishops asked to disband CCHD

  A Washington-based "watchdog" group has called upon the US bishops' conference to disband the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), a group that has been criticized frequently for funding

• October 01, 2009 Late bishop’s diary describes oppression of Catholics in Vietnam

  The Archdiocese of Hanoi has published portions of the diary of Auxiliary Bishop Paul Lê Dac Trong, who died on September 7 at the age of 91. Ordained a priest in 1948, the late prelate recorded the

• October 01, 2009 New archbishop named for Birmingham, England

  Bishop Bernard Longley, an auxiliary of the Westminster archdiocese, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to become Archbishop of Birmingham. The Birmingham see, already one of the most prominent in

• October 01, 2009 Bangladesh: Christian convert threatened with death

  A young human-rights activist who embraced the Catholic faith has been threatened with death in Bangladesh. William Gomes was driven from his home by Islamic militants who sought to kill him, along

• October 01, 2009 Holy See envoy to UN presses for acceptance of nuclear pacts

  The Vatican's representative to the UN has exhorted member nations to ratify international agreements against the testing and proliferation of nuclear weapons. Archbishop Dominique Mamberti

• October 01, 2009 Father Damian among 5 new saints to be canonized October 11

  Blessed Damian of Molokai will be one of five new saints canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in ceremonies to be held in St. Peter's Square on Sunday October 11, the Vatican liturgical office has

• October 01, 2009 Priest's donation of kidney to Hindu wins headlines in India

  The unprecedented gesture of a Catholic priest donating his kidney to save the life of a Hindu man has made flurry of headlines in India's southern Kerala state. Father Davis Chiramel of the

• October 01, 2009 American couples, law professor appointed to Pontifical Council for the Family

  Pope Benedict has appointed six Americans to serve in various capacities on the Pontifical Council for the Family. The Pontiff appointed Cardinal Seán O'Malley as a member of the dicastery’s

• October 01, 2009 Allen sees US bishops holding together on health care

  As John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter, the US bishops have avoided an open split within their ranks by taking a carefully calculated position on health-care reform proposals: In recent

• October 01, 2009 Catholic senators cast key votes to preserve abortion funding in health-care proposal

  Three Catholic members of the US Senate finance committee-- Senators John Kerry of Massachusetts, Maria Cantwell of Washington, and Robert Menendez of New Jersey-- voted against a proposed amendment