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UK official says pope's September visit will be costly, but important
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 7/30/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom just seven weeks away, the British government official working on organizing the trip said the pope's visit will cost taxpayers more than originally foreseen, but it would be an important opportunity to highlight and promote cooperation on issues the British care about.
Boston deacon to assist at Newman beatification
By Zenit News Service
Posted: 7/30/2010
BIRMINGHAM, England (ZENIT) -- The deacon who was miraculously healed thanks to the intercession of Cardinal John Henry Newman will serve at the papal Mass when the cardinal is beatified.
Church-run dining room on the border serves deportees
By Patricia Zapor
Posted: 7/30/2010
NOGALES, Mexico (CNS) -- Victor Hernandez Martinez, a blacksmith with his own business near Seattle, was on his third day at the "Centro para Atencion a los Migrantes Deportados," the Center to Help Deported Migrants, a few hundred yards inside the Mexican border from Arizona.
Pope grants papal delegate broad powers over Legionaries
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 7/30/2010
ROME (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has given his new papal delegate broad powers of authority over the Legionaries of Christ as part of a major Vatican-led reform of the order.
At church's universal center, there's more news than sex abuse
By John Thavis
Posted: 7/30/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A small article in the Vatican's missionary newsletter, Fides, recently announced the first diocesan-wide meeting of the Kaifeng Diocese in China's Henan province.
Kenyan magistrate delays hearing for suspects in Irish priest's murder
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 7/30/2010
KERICHO, Kenya (CNS) -- A hearing for nine suspects in the murder of an Irish missionary priest was postponed when the magistrate said he was being transferred to another court.
New Irish bishop says abuse scandal made church look in mirror
By Cian Molloy
Posted: 7/30/2010
DUBLIN (CNS) -- In the wake of a series of clerical child abuse scandals, the country's newest prelate, Bishop Liam S. MacDaid of Clogher, called on the people of his diocese to join him in "a repentant return to the well of salvation."
Papal charity donates $250,000 for Haitian school reconstruction
By Sarah Delaney
Posted: 7/30/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A papal charity donated $250,000 for the reconstruction of a school in Haiti and as a sign of Pope Benedict XVI's concern for the earthquake-devastated population.
Touring the Vatican without taking a step
By Zenit News Service
Posted: 7/30/2010
ROME (ZENIT) -- Nothing can compare to a visit to Rome to admire the Sistine Chapel in person, or feel the "embrace" of the colonnade surrounding St. Peter's Square.
Experts opine on building homes in outer space
By Zenit News Service
Posted: 7/30/2010
VALENCIA, Spain (ZENIT) -- A recent conference on space architecture brought together astronomers, architects and theologians to reflect on the various aspects of this new field.
Defending faith: How religion combats hate and violence
By Father John Flynn, LC
Posted: 7/30/2010
ROME (ZENIT) -- Religion is not only mad, but also bad, at least according to many of the new atheists who have vociferously attacked God and religion in the last few years. Many of them accuse religion of being a propagator of division, hate and violence.
Rome Diocese calls for active gay priests to go, stop sullying church
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 7/27/2010
ROME (CNS) -- In the wake of an undercover video and news report documenting priests in Rome engaged in homosexual acts, the Rome Diocese has called for priests engaged in "unworthy" behavior to leave the priesthood and stop sullying the reputation of the vast majority of honorable ministers.
U.S. archbishop named to Congregation for Saints' Causes
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 7/27/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- U.S. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke was named a member of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, a Vatican statement said July 24.
Vatican says new norms will strengthen efforts against abusive priests
By John Thavis
Posted: 7/23/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican has revised its procedures for handling priestly sex abuse cases, streamlining disciplinary measures, extending the statute of limitations and defining child pornography as an act of sexual abuse of a minor.
Catholic AIDS expert: Study lends credibility to faith leaders' work
By Paul Jeffrey
Posted: 7/23/2010
VIENNA (CNS) -- A new U.N. AIDS study has lent credibility to faith leaders who have long argued that behavioral change was a key to combating the spread of the illness, says a Catholic expert on the disease.
After hours of debate, Argentina legalizes same-sex marriage
By Philip Thompson
Posted: 7/23/2010
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNS) -- Despite opposition from the Catholic Church and family groups, Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage.
Two halves of a whole: Raphael's designs, tapestries reunite
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 7/23/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Like long-lost twins, two halves of an artistic masterpiece conceived by the Renaissance master Raphael will be reunited for the first time.
Tensions increase after Pakistani Christian brothers shot dead in court
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 7/23/2010
FAISALABAD, Pakistan (CNS) -- Two Christians have been killed, a church ransacked and shops burned as Muslim-Christian tensions erupted into five hours of violence in Faisalabad July 19.
Visitation Sisters make public Cardinal Newman's letters to young nun
By Simon Caldwell
Posted: 7/21/2010
LONDON (CNS) -- An English order of nuns has made public the letters between a dying nun and English Cardinal John Henry Newman, who founded the Oxford Movement to bring the Anglican Church back to its Catholic roots.
Vatican fills in blanks on history of sex abuse procedures
By John Thavis
Posted: 7/20/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Along with its revised norms for dealing with priestly sex abuse, the Vatican in mid-July released a detailed, five-page history of its treatment of such crimes over the last century.
Anglicans expect exodus after Church of England OKs women bishops
By Simon Caldwell
Posted: 7/16/2010
LONDON (CNS) -- The largest Anglo-Catholic group in the Church of England is expecting an exodus of thousands of Anglicans to Catholicism after a decision to ordain women as bishops without sufficient concessions to traditionalists.
In major appointments, Cardinal Ouellet to head bishops' congregation
By John Thavis and Cindy Wooden
Posted: 7/16/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has appointed new heads of several Vatican departments, naming Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Quebec as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
North Belfast priest says dialogue can help resolve parade tensions
By Cian Molloy
Posted: 7/16/2010
DUBLIN (CNS) -- Fresh intercommunity dialogue is needed to resolve the difficulties surrounding controversial parades in Northern Ireland, said a Catholic priest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following the most serious outbreak of sectarian rioting in many years.
Seven released Cubans arrive in Spain after church-brokered deal
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 7/16/2010
MADRID (CNS) -- Seven men -- former political prisoners released by the Cuban government, some accompanied by family members -- arrived in Madrid July 13, the first of 52 prisoners released in a deal partially brokered by the Cuban Catholic Church.
Revised Vatican norms to cover sex abuse, attempted women's ordination
By John Thavis
Posted: 7/16/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican is preparing to update the 2001 norms that deal with priestly sex abuse of minors, in effect codifying practices that have been in place for several years.
Pope names Vatican canon lawyer as interim head of Legionaries
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 7/16/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI named Italian Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, an expert in church law who specializes in religious institutes, to be his personal delegate with authority over the Legionaries of Christ.
Major renovations, sluggish economy keep Vatican budgets in the red
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 7/16/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Major renovations, infrastructure upgrades and a sluggish global economy left the Vatican City State budget in the red; however, donations to the pope were up from recent years.
Haiti marks 6-month quake anniversary with hope
Posted: 7/16/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ZENIT) -- Rebuilding Haiti is a slow but hopeful process, according to the apostolic nuncio on the island.
South Africa cardinal: World Cup created solidarity among Africans
Posted: 7/16/2010
VATICAN CITY (ZENIT) -- The soccer World Cup in South Africa has brought to the country a greater sense of communion with the international community and solidarity among the countries of Africa, says the Archbishop of Durban, South Africa.
Venezuelan cardinal target of 'verbal aggression,' says Vatican paper
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 7/8/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican newspaper weighed in on an increasingly hostile war-of-words being waged by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez against Caracas Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino.
Cardinal says Cuba will release 52 political prisoners
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 7/8/2010
HAVANA (CNS) -- Following a July 7 meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro, Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino of Havana said the release of 52 political prisoners is under way and will continue over the next four months.
Pope becomes first person to register for 2011 World Youth Day
By Sarah Delaney
Posted: 7/7/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI became the first person to register for the international World Youth Day gathering in Spain next year.
Poland's new Catholic president gets mixed reviews from bishops
By Jonathan Luxmoore
Posted: 7/7/2010
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- Polish bishops have given a mixed reception to their country's new president, Bronislaw Komorowski, a 58-year-old Catholic father of five and former seminary history teacher.
Choose the good no matter what it costs, pope says at general audience
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 7/7/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged young people to be inspired by St. Maria Goretti's courage and strength and to always choose the good no matter what it costs.
Vatican prepares revisions to 2001 sex abuse norms
By John Thavis
Posted: 7/7/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican is preparing to update the 2001 norms that deal with priestly sex abuse of minors, in effect codifying practices that have been in place for several years.
Pope urges Iraq to form government soon, protect Christians
By Sarah Delaney
Posted: 7/6/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged the Iraqi leadership to work for the swift formation of a stable government and to protect the Christian minority in the country still torn by violence.
Pope to head for the hills for summer, away from Roman heat
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 7/6/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI will leave the heat of Rome July 7 for the papal villa in the hills just south of the Italian capital, a Vatican statement said.
Long, hot summer: Vatican faces external and internal challenges
By John Thavis
Posted: 7/6/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Early July is when things usually slow down at the Vatican, as top church officials wrap up loose ends and prepare to go on vacation.
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