Catholic World News
Headlines for March 01, 2013
Released Friday, Mar. 1
The first congregation of cardinals during the sede vacante period will meet on Monday, March 4. That first meeting of the cardinals will probably set a date for the beginning of the conclave...
Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI spent his first evening of retirement quietly, praying and listening to music, a Vatican spokesman told reporters. Father Federico Lombardi said that the former Pope...
A newspaper in Scotland has alleged that Vatican officials had long been aware of complaints of "inappropriate conduct" lodged by priests against Cardinal Keith O'Brien. The Scotsman said that a...
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked Catholics to offer their fasting and abstinence from meat on March 1 “for the justices of the Supreme Court, that when they...
Following the murder of a political party official and the postponement of parliamentary elections, Zambia’s Catholic bishops have joined Protestant leaders in condemning election-related...
A US district court judge in Colorado has refused to halt the implementation of the HHS mandate against an evangelical Protestant who owns and operates assisted-living centers and nursing...
Scores of large posters have begun to appear on walls around the city of Rome, urging the election of Cardinal Peter Turkson as the next Pope. The posters, similar to those used by political...
Urging Catholics to contact members of Congress, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has renewed its call for conscience-protection legislation in the wake of the HHS mandate. “As...
The number of Twitter followers of Pope Benedict XVI surpassed three million just before his resignation took effect, according to a Vatican Radio report. The Pope’s final Twitter message, sent...
