Catholic World News
Headlines for April 18, 2012
Released Wednesday, Apr. 18
The Vatican has called for a thorough reform of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), the umbrella group that represents most of the women’s religious orders in the US. After a...
The Vatican has confirmed receipt of a positive response from the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to the “doctrinal preamble” that could form the basis for reconciliation between the traditionalist...
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that it will appeal a federal judge’s ruling declaring that grants made to the USCCB to assist human-trafficking victims are...
The Catholic Church seeks protection not in political or social programs but in the power of prayer, Pope Benedict XVI told his regular weekly public audience on April 18. In a meditation of the...
The ordination of a new Chinese bishop, scheduled for April 19, will call attention once again to the ongoing struggle between the Holy See and the Beijing government. Father Chen Gongao, who...
At the conclusion of his public audience on April 18, Pope Benedict XVI asked the faithful “to support me always with your prayers so that, with the help of the Holy Spirit, I may continue my...
A secularist group in Canada has called for a ban on exorcisms, after a report that the Diocese of Saskatoon has been looking for a qualified exorcist. Saskatoon Bishop Don Bolen began inquiring...
Bishop Stephen Blaire, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), said that proposed budget cuts recently passed...
A crowd of 70 people attacked eight Church workers, including two priests, at a Catholic school in Karachi on April 16. One lay worker was hospitalized following the attack. Local Catholics said...
The Vatican is investigating the inexplicable healing of a California man from stomach cancer, which could be approved as the miracle required for the beatification of Father Franz Stock, a German...
A study of religious belief in 30 nations conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago has found that “countries with high atheism (and low strong belief) tend to...
The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, commonly known as the Angelicum, has announced plans to offer an unusual new academic program, providing a joint degree in philosophy and...
The Church has seen enormous growth in South Korea in recent decades. In 1960, Christians accounted for only about 2% of the country’s population; now that figure is 30%. Of these about one-third...
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed legislation banning late-term abortions in Arizona. “A great pro-life victory was achieved when Governor Jan Brewer signed HB 2036 into law,” the Arizona Catholic...
The head of the first and largest Christian radio station in the Middle East has told Vatican Radio that Christian media have become particularly important as fear increases among the region’s...
