Catholic News

  1. Vatican issues another defense against financial corruption charges
    The Vatican has issued a new response to charges of financial mismanagement, saying that accusations of cronyism are based on "incorrect evaluations, or are based on fears not backed up by ...
  2. Abuse victims among speakers at Vatican conference on abuse scandal
    Representatives of 100 bishops' conferences and 30 religious orders are meeting in Rome from February 6-9 to discuss the clerical abuse scandal. Abuse victims are among the conference ...
  3. Pope speaks on faith in the face of illness
    At his Angelus audience on Sunday, February 5, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the physical cures that Jesus performed, recorded frequently in the Gospels. All four Gospels, the Pope ...
  4. Ireland not ready to receive Pope, says archbishop
    Ireland is not prepared to receive a visit by Pope Benedict XVI, the Archbishop of Dublin has said. Speaking on RTE radio, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said that Pope Benedict is still ...
  5. Prelate describes how current, former Anglicans can enter US ordinariate
    Father Jeffrey Steenson, the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, has issued his first pastoral letter. The ordinariate was established on January 1 to assist ...
  6. Army censors archbishop's letter on HHS mandate
    The US Army has instructed Catholic chaplains not to read a letter from the archbishop responsible for the military forces. Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Archdiocese of the ...
  7. HHS mandate: Catholic governor criticizes 'hyperventilating'
    A Catholic governor has defended the Obama adminstration's contraceptive-coverage mandate, which would compel many Catholic institutions to offer coverage for contraception and ...
  8. Priest murdered in Mexico
    The president of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) has announced that one of his archdiocesan priests was murdered on January 28. Father Jenaro Aviña García, 63, heard a ...
  9. Archbishop Chaput airs anger over theft of archdiocesan funds
    Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has written that the faithful of the archdiocese are right to be angry over reports that a senior financial offered stole $900,000 from the ...
  10. Illinois priest resigns, refuses to use new translation
    An Illinois priest has resigned from active ministry, refusing to accept his bishop's directive that he must use the new English translation of the Roman Missal. Father William Rowe ...
  11. Vatican spokesman discusses abuse, financial scandals
    It is imperative "to show a firm determination to continue to give a coherent witness to moral values" in the face of the sexual abuse and financial scandals that have affected the Church, ...
  12. Jesuit college backs down, permits lesbian couple to enter Valentine's contest
    A Jesuit college in Philadelphia is permitting a lesbian alumni couple to enter its "How I Met My Hawk Mate" Valentine's Day contest. The Saint Joseph's University Alumni Association ...
  13. Mandate is Obama's latest in string of offenses against Catholics, columnist notes
    Writing for Catholic Vote.org, Tom Hoopes lists 10 ways in which the Obama administration has offended Catholic voters with its policies. The HHS mandate, he notes, is one in a long line ...
  14. Blatant media bias seen in Komen-Planned Parenthood controversy
    New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has some trenchant observations on the remarkably one-sided media coverage of the furor over the Komen Foundation's short-lived decision to stop its ...
  15. Orthodox prelates join Catholic bishops in protesting Obama mandate
    A group of Orthodox bishops in the US have joined their Catholic counterparts in a public protest against the new Obama administration mandate requiring contraceptive coverage in ...
  16. <I>USA Today</I> editorial decries HHS mandate
    USA Today has come to the defense of the US Catholic Church with an editorial criticizing the Obama administration's mandate for contraceptive coverage in health-care programs. While ...
  17. Don't let government control culture, columnist argues
    In the name of tolerance, government generally remains neutral regarding disputed religious and moral questions. But Robert Royal discerns a problem with that approach: "Neutrality" ...
  18. Pope celebrates Presentation, Day of Consecrated Life
    Celebrating the feast of the Presentation and the Day of Consecrated Life at Vespers in St. Peter's basilica on February 2, Pope Benedict XVI tied the two observances together in his ...
  19. Cardinals called to day of reflection before February consistory
    Pope Benedict XVI has called all members of the College of Cardinals to join in a day of reflection on February 17, on the eve of the consistory at which he will create 21 new ...
  20. English bishops to distribute 1 million 'faith cards'
    The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has printed one million "faith cards" for distribution to the faithful. "It's an idea that we had to remind people that they are ...
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