| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:57:07 GMT Cardinal, bishops emphasize: Senate health bill extends abortion coverage, could harm immigrants |
| Writing for the online edition of The Washington Post, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Bishop William Murphy, and Bishop John Wester have explained why the United States bishops oppose the health ... |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:27:23 GMT Pope's letter on Irish abuse crisis will be released Saturday |
| Pope Benedict XVI's letter to the Irish Church, in response to the sex-abuse crisis there, will be released on Saturday, March 20, the Vatican press office has announced.
During his ... |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:56:47 GMT Pope renews call for global financial authority |
| Today's worldwide financial crisis demonstrates the need for a new global economic system, Pope Benedict XVI told a group of visiting Italian entrepreneurs on March 18. Citing his social ... |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:57:55 GMT Indian government threatens independence of Catholic schools |
| The Catholic Bishops Conference of India on March 16 objected to a decision by a prominent Indian government official that threatens the independence of some Catholic schools.
The ... |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:37:01 GMT Vatican journalist names members of Medjugorje commission |
| Following the Vatican's official confirmation that a commission has been established to investigate the reported Marian apparitions at Medjugorje, journalist Andrea Tornielli of the ... |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:59:04 GMT 12 Christians brutally slain in Nigeria; archbishop emphasizes violence not religious |
| At least a dozen Christians were slain with machetes in a small village near Jos on the night of March 16-17. The attackers cut out the tongues of most of the victims.
"The Fulani ... |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:46:00 GMT Confessors cannot report pedophile priests, Vatican official notes |
| If a priest admits to abuse of children during a sacramental confession, the confessor cannot report that abuse to legal authorities, a Vatican official has reminded readers of the Vatican ... |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:59:42 GMT Retired Texas bishop endorses Senate health bill |
| Breaking with his brother bishops, Bishop John McCarthy has endorsed Senate health care reform legislation.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and two other bishops wrote ... |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:02:31 GMT Priest kidnapped, murdered in Brazil |
| The chancellor of the Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda died on March 16, two days after he and a former seminarian were kidnapped.
Father Dejair Gonçalves de Almeida, 32, who ... |
| Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:39:07 GMT Priests of Armagh support Cardinal Brady |
| Despite public calls for the resignation of Irish Cardinal Sean Brady because of his role in handling a notorious sex-abuse case, the priests of his Armagh archdiocese strongly support the ... |
